The contribution of unimproved water and toilet facilities to pregnancy-related mortality in Afghanistan: analysis of the Afghan Mortality Survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1488-1499

  Gon, Giorgia ^a   Monzon Llamas, Laura ^a   Benova, Lenka ^a   Willey, Barbara ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; cross sectional study; maternal mortality; sanitation; toilet facilities; water resources

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYGIENE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREGNANCY; SANITATION; SEPSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 85007203254     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12394     Document Type: Article

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