Optimising Management of Stillbirths in Modern Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Yeong, C T ^a   Tan, K H ^a   Tee, C S ^a   Yeo, G S H ^a  

^a Kandang Kerbau Women's Children's H ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Fetal anomalies; Intrauterine death; Perinatal necropsy; Stillbirth and perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031196172     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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