An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya.

An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya.

Pregnancy-related (PR) deaths are often a result of direct obstetric complications occurring at childbirth.To estimate the burden of and characterize risk factors for PR mortality, we evaluated deaths that occurred between 2003 and 2008 among women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years) using Health a...

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Main Authors:	Meghna Desai, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Frank O Odhiambo, Abraham Katana, Peter Ouma, Mary J Hamel, Jackton Omoto, Sheila Macharia, Annemieke van Eijk, Sheila Ogwang, Laurence Slutsker, Kayla F Laserson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3712942?pdf=render

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