Global causes of maternal death: A WHO systematic analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Say, Lale ^a   Chou, Doris ^a   Gemmill, Alison ^a,b   Tunçalp, Özge ^a   Moller, Ann Beth ^a   Daniels, Jane ^c   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Alkema, Leontine ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BLEEDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ICD-10; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84901269782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70227-X     Document Type: Article

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