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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Facility-based audit of maternal mortality in Lebanon: A feasibility study

Hibah Osman Department of Health Behaviour and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Oona MR Campbell Maternal Health Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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Dima Sinno Centre for Research in Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Rana Zarwi Centre for Research in Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Anwar H Nassar Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1338-1344 | Received 08 Apr 2009, Accepted 01 Sep 2009, Published online: 10 Nov 2009

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