Improving birth outcomes in low-and middle-income countries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 377, Issue 24, 2017, Pages 2387-2388

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; EDITORIAL; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCOME;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME;

EID: 85038224929     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1713831     Document Type: Editorial

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