Clinical approach to the analysis of causes of death in the first two years of life of very-low-birthweight infants in a multicentre setting

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-56

  Corchia, Carlo ^a,j   Spagnolo, Amedeo ^b   De Vonderweid, Umberto ^c   Zorzi, Carlo ^d   Chiandotto, Valeria ^e   Chiappe, Stefano ^f   Colarizi, Patrizia ^g   Didato, M Angela ^h   Paludetto, Roberto ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREATHING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031397267     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1997.d01-5.x     Document Type: Article

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