Skin Color and Maternal Near Miss: Exploring a Demographic and Health Survey in Brazil

Abstract Purpose In 2013, it was estimated that 289,000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide. The maternal mortality ratio has decreased in many countries in the past decades, due to early identification and treatment of obstetric complications, despite the dissimilarities observed in diverse locati...

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Main Authors: Karayna Gil Fernandes, Maria Helena Sousa, José Guilherme Cecatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia 2017-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032017000500209&tlng=en