Why do preterm infants die in the 1990s?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 528-532

  Doyle, Lex W ^a,b   Rogerson, Sheryle ^c   Chuang, Shu Ling ^c   James, Matthew ^c   Bowman, Ellen D ^c   Davis, Peter G ^c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033532707     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127877.x     Document Type: Article

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