The increase in very-low-birthweight infants in Germany: Artefact or reality?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-140

  Nolte, Ellen ^a   Koupilová, Ilona ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIRTH WEIGHT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GERMANY, EAST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036249679     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2002.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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