Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 297-304 , June 2009

Severe acute maternal morbidity in high-income countries

  • Jos van Roosmalen, MD, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
    • Section of Health care and Culture, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 71 526 2872; Fax: +31 71 526 6741.
    • ,
  • Joost Zwart, MD (Registrar)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.01.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 297-304 , June 2009

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