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Severe maternal morbidity (near miss) as a sentinel event of maternal death. An attempt to use routine data for surveillance

Maria H Sousa^1,², Jose G Cecatti^1,²^*, Ellen E Hardy^1,² and Suzanne J Serruya³

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil

² CEMICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

³ Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

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Reproductive Health 2008, 5:6 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-5-6

Published: 28 October 2008

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