Time trends in twin perinatal mortality in northern England, 1982-94

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a,c   Rankin, Judith ^a   Renwick, Marjorie ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight specific perinatal mortality; Low birthweight; Monozygotic and dizygotic twins; Prematurity; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032234398     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.4.189     Document Type: Article

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