Perinatal mortality among twins and singletons in a city in southeastern Brazil, 1984-1996

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-23

  Beiguelman, Bernardo ^a,c   Franchi Pinto, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Servico Genet Medica do Hosp da S   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; TWINS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034114375     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000100003     Document Type: Article

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