Perinatal mortality and its relationship to the reporting of low- birthweight infants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1236-1239

  Phelan, Sharon T ^a,b   Goldenberg, Robert ^a   Alexander, Greg ^a   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHB340 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA ANALYSIS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031859374     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1236     Document Type: Article

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