Birth weight and age-specific analysis of the 1990 US infant mortality drop: Was it surfactant?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a   Kiely, John L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031055376     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170390019004     Document Type: Article

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