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BIRTH

Recording of maternal deaths in an East African university hospital

Per Bergsjø Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Siri Vangen Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Oslo, Norway
,
Rolv Terje Lie Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Rowland Lyatuu Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Erik Lie-Nielsen Computing Department of the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Bergen, Norway
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Olola Oneko Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
Pages 789-793 | Received 08 Dec 2009, Accepted 23 Mar 2010, Published online: 16 Apr 2010

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