Causes of community stillbirths and early neonatal deaths in low-income countries using verbal autopsy: An International, Multicenter Study

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 585-592

  Engmann, C ^a   Garces, A ^b   Jehan, I ^c   Ditekemena, J ^d   Phiri, M ^e   Mazariegos, M ^f   Chomba, E ^e   Pasha, O ^c   Tshefu, A ^d   McClure, E M ^g   Thorsten, V ^g   Chakraborty, H ^g   Goldenberg, R L ^h   Bose, C ^a   Carlo, W A ⁱ   Wright, L L ^j  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IMSALUD/San Carlos University   (Guatemala)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

cause of death; early neonatal death; perinatal death; stillbirth; verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN TETANUS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84864462354     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.154     Document Type: Article

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