Survival of infants born with Down's syndrome: 1980-96

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-171

  Leonard, Seonaid ^a   Bower, Carol ^a,b   Petterson, Beverly ^c   Leonard, Helen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Birth Defects Registry ^*  (Australia)

^c Disability Services Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034042244     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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