Relationship of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination to overall infant mortality in Canada

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1561-1567

  Liu, Shiliang ^a   Joseph, K S ^b   Kramer, Michael S ^c   Allen, Alexander C ^b   Sauve, Reg ^d   Rusen, I D ^a   Wen, Shi Wu ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037181482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.12.1561     Document Type: Article

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