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Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999...

Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999...

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Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999–2002

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Full title

Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999–2002

Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

The Lancet (British edition), 2005-03, Vol.365 (9462), p.864-870

Language

English

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Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

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Contents

Maternal mortality in Afghanistan is uniformly identified as an issue of primary public-health importance. To guide the implementation of reproductive-health services, we examined the numbers, causes, and preventable factors for maternal deaths among women in four districts.
We did a retrospective cohort study of women of reproductive age (15–49...

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Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999–2002

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67494885

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67494885

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ISSN

0140-6736

E-ISSN

1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71044-8

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