Race, ethnicity, and nativity differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in the united states: 1993-2006

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Creanga, Andreea A ^a   Berg, Cynthia J ^a   Syverson, Carla ^a   Seed, Kristi ^a   Bruce, F Carol ^a   Callaghan, William M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLEEDING; EMBOLISM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864200864     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825cb87a     Document Type: Article

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