Changing prognosis for babies of less than 28 weeks' gestation in the north of England between 1983 and 1994

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7074, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Tin, Win ^a   Wariyar, Unni ^b   Hey, Edmund ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031027679     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7074.107     Document Type: Article

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