Protective effect of pregnancy in rural South Africa: questioning the concept of "indirect cause" of maternal death.

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 outside the...

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Main Authors: Michel Garenne, Kathleen Kahn, Mark Collinson, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Stephen Tollman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3652829?pdf=render