Actuarial survival in the premature infant less than 30 weeks' gestation

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 975-978

  Cooper, Timothy R ^a   Berseth, Carol L ^a   Adams, James M ^a   Weisman, Leonard E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Decision making; Forecasting; Infant mortality; Policy making; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031864861     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.975     Document Type: Article

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