Temporal Trends in Maternal Mortality in Canada II: Estimates Based on Hospitalization Data

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1020-1030

  Lisonkova, Sarka ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Bartholomew, Sharon ^b   Liston, Robert M ^a   Joseph, K S ^a,c   McCourt, Catherine ^b   McDonald, Sarah ^d   Kramer, Michael ^e   León, Juan Andrés ^b   Kirby, Russell ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Hospitalization; Maternal mortality; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREMATURE LABOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84872782110     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35051-4     Document Type: Article

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