Are very low birth weight infants born at high altitude at greater risk for adverse outcomes?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 669-672

  Paranka, Mike ^a,b   Brown, Mark ^a,b   Thomas, Pam ^a,b   Peabody, Joyce ^a,b   Clark, Reese ^a,b  

^a Pediatrix Medical Group   (United States)

^b PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0035192571     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.118397     Document Type: Article

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