Maternal mortality and severe morbidity in a migration perspective

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-38

  Van Den Akker, Thomas ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

maternal health services; maternal mortality; pregnancy complications; quality of health care; severe acute maternal morbidity; transients and migrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; BODY MASS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84961199207     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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