The relationship between Caesarean section and neonatal mortality in very-low-birthweight infants born in Washington State, USA

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-189

  Jonas, Helen A ^a,c   Khalid, Najma ^b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032956404     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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