Mortality and hospitalizations of 24-year-old members of the low- birthweight cohort in Northern Finland

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Xu, Baizhuang ^a   Rantakallio, Paula ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Hospitalization; Long term follow up; Low birthweight; Mortality; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031690444     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199811000-00017     Document Type: Article

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