Evaluation of Severe Maternal Outcomes to Assess Quality of Maternal Health Care at a Tertiary Center

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-27

  Sangeeta, Gupta ^a   Leena, Wadhwa ^a   Taru, Gupta ^a   Sushma, Kumari ^a   Nupur, Gupta ^a   Amrita, Pritam ^a  

^a ESI PGIMSR Basaidarapur ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Maternal morbidity; Severe maternal outcomes; WHO near miss approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939879795     PISSN: 09719202     EISSN: 09756434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13224-014-0558-8     Document Type: Article

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