Why do pregnant women die? A review of maternal deaths from 1990 to 2010 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1135-1139

  Frölich, Michael A ^a   Banks, Catiffaney ^a   Brooks, Amber ^b   Sellers, Alethia ^a   Swain, Ryan ^c   Cooper, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RACE; ADOLESCENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914145496     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000457     Document Type: Article

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