High maternal and neonatal mortality rates in northern Nigeria: An 8-month observational study

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 495-499

  Guerrier, Gilles ^a   Oluyide, Bukola ^b   Keramarou, Maria ^a   Grais, Rebecca ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Fetal mortality; Maternal mortality; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTED LABOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PUERPERAL FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84881512748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S48179     Document Type: Article

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