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Descriptor English: Maternal Death
Descriptor Spanish: Muerte Materna
Descriptor muerte materna
Scope note: Muerte de la madre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Morte Materna
Descriptor French: Décès maternel
Entry term(s): Death, Maternal
Deaths, Maternal
Maternal Deaths
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.401
C23.550.260.730.500
I01.880.735.607.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063130
Scope note: The death of the female parent.
Annotation: do not confuse with MATERNAL MORTALITY, a statistical concept
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
ET etiology
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Maternal Mortality (1963-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 54889
Unique ID: D063130
NLM Classification: WQ 270
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Maternal Death - Preferred
Concept UI M0571433
Scope note The death of the female parent.
Preferred term Maternal Death
Entry term(s) Death, Maternal
Deaths, Maternal
Maternal Deaths



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