Economic Impact of Maternal Death on Households in Rural China: A Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Haijun ^a   Ye, Fang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Huntington, Dale ^b   Zhou, Hong ^a,f   Kang, Chuyun ^a   Hou, Shanshan ^a   Wang, Du ^a   Ao, Deng ^a   Yaofeng, ^a   Xu, Yichong ^a   Li, Jinhua ^c   Ma, Haiying ^c   Yao, Meilin ^d   You, Fengzhi ^d   Zhang, Weijie ^d   Qu, Huimin ^d   Xu, Xiaohui ^d   Wang, Rui ^d   Liu, Jian ^d   Jia, Wenbin ^d   Du, Deqi ^d   Deng, Jie ^d   Li, Yan ^e   Cui, Wenlong ^e   Huang, Ying ^e   Long, Jing ^e   Hu, Haimei ^e   Xu, Shihong ^e   Wang, Junying ^e   Yang, Haixia ^e   Tan, Ying ^e   Chen, Guicun ^e   Luo, Xiying ^e   Zhu, Yaping ^f   Zhao, Tao ^f   Li, Wei ^f   Guo, Guangping ^f   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Hebei Women and Children Health Center   (China)

^d ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Yunnan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CLOTHING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCOME; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886246977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076624     Document Type: Article

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