Changes in stillbirth and infant mortality associated with increases in preterm birth among twins

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1055-1061

  Joseph, K S ^a,f   Marcoux, Sylvie ^b   Ohlsson, Arne ^c   Liu, Shiliang ^d   Allen, Alexander C ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^e   Wen, Shi Wu ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Preterm birth; Stillbirth; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANADA; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TWINS;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034757061     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.5.1055     Document Type: Article

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