Alberta's infant mortality rate: The effect of the registration of live newborns weighing less than 500 grams

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-189

  Svenson, Lawrence W ^a,b   Schopflocher, Donald P ^a,b   Sauve, R S ^c   Robertson, Charlene M T ^b,d  

^a Health Surveillance Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CANADA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTRATION;

EID: 0031816075     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404472     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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3. World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death, Ninth Revision. Geneva: WHO, 1977.
4. Sauve, R, Robertson, C, Etches P, et al. Before viability: A geographically-based outcomes study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth. Pediatrics 1998;101:438-45.