Maternal and perinatal mortality by place of delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chinkhumba, Jobiba ^a,b   De Allegri, Manuela ^c   Muula, Adamson S ^a   Robberstad, Bjarne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Maternal and perinatal mortality risk; Place of delivery; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908003332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1014     Document Type: Article

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