Prolonged pregnancy: Evaluating gestation-specific risks of fetal and infant mortality

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Hilder, Lisa ^a   Costeloe, Kate ^a   Thilaganathan, Baskaran ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031930159     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10047.x     Document Type: Article

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