The autopsy: Experience of a regional neonatal intensive care unit

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 350-354

  Okah, Felix A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DATA BASE; DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARITY; RACE; SEX; WELLBEING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KANSAS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036814999     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2002.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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