Maternal mortality in Sweden 1988-2007: More deaths than officially reported

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-46

  Esscher, Annika ^a   Högberg, Ulf ^a   Haglund, Bengt ^a   Essën, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ICD; Maternal mortality; pregnancy related mortality; Sweden; underreporting; vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SEPSIS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84872353274     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12037     Document Type: Article

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