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Shifting Trend in Cause of Maternal Mortality: A Pathway to Examine Obstetric Transition in West Bengal

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Previous studies have manifested high magnitude of maternal deaths attributed to obstetric haemorrhage in West Bengal . But in the recent decade, the state has marked a unique recognition for having highest maternal mortality caused due to eclampsia in the country and globe. This underscores the need of the study to determine the incidence of maternal mortality attributed to eclampsia and identify the confounding factors associated with eclamptic maternal deaths.

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    Md Illias Kanchan Sk & Balram Paswan

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India

    Tapan Kumar Naskar

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Sk, M.I.K., Paswan, B., Naskar, T.K. (2020). Shifting Trend in Cause of Maternal Mortality: A Pathway to Examine Obstetric Transition in West Bengal. In: Chattopadhyay, A., Ghosh, S. (eds) Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3045-6_15

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