Comparison of liveborn and stillborn low birthweight babies and analysis of aetiological factors

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 269-271

  Geary, M ^a,b   Rafferty, G ^a   Murphy, J F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031261175     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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