American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 939-944 , September 2004

The continuum of maternal morbidity and mortality: Factors associated with severity

  • Stacie E. Geller, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stacie E. Geller, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (m/c 808), University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60612.
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  • Deborah Rosenberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
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  • Suzanne M. Cox, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and
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  • Monique L. Brown, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and
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  • Louise Simonson, MS, NP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and
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  • Catherine A. Driscoll, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and
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  • Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and

Received 23 February 2004 ,Revised 11 May 2004 ,Accepted 24 May 2004.

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, February 2-7, 2004, New Orleans, La.

 Funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Schools of Public Health “Investigation of Factors Associated with Maternal Mortality” (S1069/19-20).

PII: S0002-9378(04)00902-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.099

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 939-944 , September 2004

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