Trends in the cause of late fetal death, 1982-2000

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1400-1407

  Bell, Ruth ^a,d   Parker, Louise ^b   MacPhail, Sheila ^a   Wright, Chris ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 10844225385     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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