Stillbirths in relation to the coastline of Cumbria, 1950-89

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Dummer, T J B ^a,b   Pearce, M S ^a   Dickinson, H O ^a   Charlton, M E ^b   Salotti, J ^a   Parker, L ^a  

^a Department of Child Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SOCIAL CLASS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032904332     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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