Risk factors for infant mortality in Down's syndrome: A nationwide study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 442-451

  Sadetzki, Siegal ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Akstein, Edna ^a   Luxenburg, Osnat ^a   Keinan, Lital ^a   Litvak, Irit ^a   Modan, Baruch ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH ORDER; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; ISRAEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ATTITUDE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032743933     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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