Life Sciences

Researchers from University of Ottawa, Medical Department detail findings in life sciences

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 5th, 2009

According to recent research from Ottawa, Canada, "Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Shanghai residents has been declining in the past two decades and has reached levels comparable to developed countries. The MMR in migrating population in Shanghai remains high, however."

"The objectives of this study were to compare the trends of MMR between residents and migrating population in Shanghai from 1996 to 2005 and to explore the reasons for the dramatic differences in MMR between the two groups living in the same city. Retrospective cohort study. Shanghai, China. A total of 902 807 pregnancies with live births in Shanghai in the period of 1996-2005. We first compared the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)

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