Before viability: A geographically based outcome study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 438-445

  Sauve, Reg S ^a   Robertson, Charlene ^b   Etches, Philip ^b   Byrne, Paul J ^b   Dayer Zamora, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031905126     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.3.438     Document Type: Article

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