Systematic review and meta-analysis: Association between water and sanitation environment and maternal mortality

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 368-387

  Benova, Lenka ^a   Cumming, Oliver ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Effect size; Maternal mortality; Sanitation; Systematic review; Water

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COMPOSTING; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIVE BIRTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; PUERPERIUM; SANITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; AFRICA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEPSIS; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SANITATION; SEPSIS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84897394696     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12275     Document Type: Article

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