Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Review of Contemporary Data and Their Limitations

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 296-306

  Creanga, Andreea A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death certificates; epidemiology; maternal mortality; surveillance; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046285923     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000362     Document Type: Article

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