Five-decade international trends in the relation of perinatal mortality and congenital malformations: Stillbirth and neonatal death compared

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 173-179

  Kalter, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL TREND; MORTALITY RATE; NEONATAL DEATH; PERINATAL DEATH; STILLBIRTH;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FETUS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

ABNORMALITIES; AMERICAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FETAL DEATH; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0025921688     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/20.1.173     Document Type: Article

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