Preterm delivery and calculation of survival rate below 28 weeks of gestation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1335-1338

  Molholm Hansen B ^a   Greisen, G ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth register; Preterm infants; Stillbirths; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0344394508     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310006197     Document Type: Article

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