New Findings for Maternal Mortality Age Patterns: Aggregated Results for 38 Countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Blanc, Ann K ^a   Winfrey, William ^b   Ross, John ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b AVENIR HEALTH   (United States)

^c Palladium Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876187955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059864     Document Type: Article

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