Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality

Affiliations

¹ Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine and College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Louisiana State University Departments of Health Policy and Management and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Judette M Louis et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;125(3):690-694.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000704.

¹ Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine and College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Louisiana State University Departments of Health Policy and Management and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

No abstract available

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