Perinatal regionalization: Old lessons for the new millennium

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-70

  Sanders, Marilyn R ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 0034136415     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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