Maternal mortality and morbidity: A human rights imperative

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9873, 2013, Pages 1159-1160

  Pillay, Navanethem ^a  

^a Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84875839950     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60135-X     Document Type: Note

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