Pregnancy-related mortality in Guatemala, 1993-1996
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Pregnancy-related mortality in Guatemala, 1993-1996.
To select the proper interventions that could prevent maternal mortality, adequate and appropriate maternal mortality data are needed. Nevertheless, the quality and quantity of information and the scope of maternal health- and death-related data are inadequate in many countries, particularly in the developing world. From January 1993 to December 1996 a surveillance program in maternal mortality...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892000000100007