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Maternal mortality in rural South Africa: the impact of case definition on levels and trends

Michel Garenne1 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;2 Institut Pasteur, Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Paris, France;3 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMI Résiliences, Centre Ile de France, Bondy, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kathleen Kahn1 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;4 Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;5 INDEPTH Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Mark A Collinson1 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;4 Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;5 INDEPTH Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
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F Xavier Gómez-Olivé1 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;5 INDEPTH Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Stephen Tollman1 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;4 Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;5 INDEPTH Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
Pages 457-463 | Published online: 06 Aug 2013

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