Maternal deaths: Initial report of an on-going monitoring of maternal deaths at the Federal Medical Centre Katsina, Northwest Nigeria

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 885-888

  Okusanya, B O ^a   Aigere, E O S ^b   Abe, A ^b   Ibrahim, H M ^b   Salawu, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Medical Centre Katsina   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Northwest Nigeria; Tetanus in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TETANUS; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877959396     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.765851     Document Type: Article

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