Comparative trends in cause-specific fetal and neonatal mortality in twin and singleton births in the North of England, 1982–1994

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 452-460

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a   Pharoah, Peter ^a   Sturgiss, Steve N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0034102936     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13261.x     Document Type: Article

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