Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12 , March 2008

Comparing two survey methods for estimating maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Cambodia

  • Hoeuy Chandy

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Care Foundation, Battambang, Cambodia
    • ,
  • Yang Van Heng

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Care Foundation, Battambang, Cambodia
    • ,
  • Ha Samol

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Care Foundation, Battambang, Cambodia
    • ,
  • Hans Husum

      Affiliations

    • Tromsoe Mine Victim Resource Center, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tromso University, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: TMC, PO Box 80, N-9038 University Hospital Northern Norway, Norway. Tel.: +47 776 26227; fax: +47 776 28073.

Received 1 March 2007 ,Revised 14 October 2007 ,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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PII: S1871-5192(07)00113-8

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.10.003

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12 , March 2008

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