Population-based study of infants born at less than 28 weeks' gestation in New South Wales, Australia, in 1992-3

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-301

  Sutton, L ^a,b,c   Bajuk, B ^a,b  

^a Data Collection (NICUS)   (Australia)

^b Ctr for Perinatal Health Serv Res   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDWIFE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032865103     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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