Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: A systematic analysis by the un Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10017, 2016, Pages 462-474

  Alkema, Leontine ^a   Chou, Doris ^b   Hogan, Daniel ^b   Zhang, Sanqian ^c   Moller, Ann Beth ^b   Gemmill, Alison ^d   Fat, Doris Ma ^b   Boerma, Ties ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Mathers, Colin ^b   Say, Lale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; REGISTRATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAL STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BAYES THEOREM; CARIBBEAN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAR EAST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BAYES THEOREM; CARIBBEAN REGION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959423323     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00838-7     Document Type: Article

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