An audit of perinatal mortality

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-46

  Bassaw, B ^a   Roopnarinesingh, S ^a   Sirjusingh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035288447     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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