A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: Understanding the effect of plurality and of parity

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Joseph, K S ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Demissie, Kitaw ^c   Wen, Shi Wu ^b   Platt, Robert W ^d   Ananth, Cande V ^c   Dzakpasu, Susie ^b   Sauve, Reg ^e   Allen, Alexander C ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0344971187     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-3-3     Document Type: Article

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