Safety and place of birth in Scotland

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 17-24

  Cole, Susan K ^a   Macfarlane, Alison ^b  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028954107     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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