Morbidity and mortality factors in twins. An epidemiologic approach

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 123-140

  Ghai, V ^a   Vidyasagar, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FETUS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

EID: 0023910185     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30730-9     Document Type: Review

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