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Protective Effect of Pregnancy in Rural South Africa: Questioning the Concept of “Indirect Cause” of Maternal Death

BACKGROUND: Measurement of the level and composition of maternal mortality depends on the definition used, with inconsistencies leading to inflated rates and invalid comparisons across settings. This study investigates the differences in risk of death for women in their reproductive years during and...

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Autores principales: Garenne, Michel, Kahn, Kathleen, Collinson, Mark, Gómez-Olivé, Xavier, Tollman, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064414