Newborn screening in South Australia: Is it universal?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 412-415

  Metz, Michael P ^a   Ranieri, Enzo ^b   Gerace, Rosemarie L ^b   Priest, Kevin R ^c   Luke, Colin G ^c   Chan, Annabelle ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0142260965     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05618.x     Document Type: Article

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