Health status of a population of infants born before 26 weeks gestation derived from routine data collected between 21 and 27 months post-delivery

Early Human Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-18

  Bohin, S ^a   Draper, E S ^a   Field, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High risk infants; Later health status; Neonatal intensive care; Premature infants; Public health information; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032927287     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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