The causes of maternal mortality in adolescents in low and middle income countries: Systematic review of the literature

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Neal, Sarah ^a   Mahendra, Shanti ^b   Bose, Krishna ^c   Camacho, Alma Virginia ^d   Mathai, Matthews ^e   Nove, Andrea ^f   Santana, Felipe ^g   Matthews, Zoë ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Options Consultancy Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Sustainable Development and Health   (France)

^d UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Novametrics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84996528855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1120-8     Document Type: Article

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