Emergency obstetrical complications in a rural African setting (Kayes, Mali): the link between travel time and in-hospital maternal mortality.

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Published in Matern Child Health J on October 01, 2011

Authors

Catherine McLean Pirkle1, Pierre Fournier, Caroline Tourigny, Karim Sangaré, Slim Haddad

Author Affiliations

1: Unité de Santé Internationale, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Édifice Saint-Urbain 3875 rue Saint-Urbain 5ième étage, Montreal, QC, H2W 1V1, Canada. catherinepirkle@gmail.com

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