Validity of perinatal causes of death in death certificates;Validacion de las causas de muerte perinatal de los boletines estadisticos de defucion

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 410-416

  Borrell, C ^a,d   Kraue, X ^a   Ricart, P M ^a   Bellart, J ^b   Plasencia, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^c Institut Universitari de Salut Púbíica de Catalunya   (Spain)

^d IMS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causes of perinatal death; Prenatal mortality; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL MORTALITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; INFANT MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0030666368     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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