Recent trends in infant mortality rates and proportions of low-birth-weight live births in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-541

  Joseph, K S ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^b  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ERROR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN;

EID: 0030854427     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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