Risks of stillbirth and early neonatal death by day of week

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Luo, Zhong Cheng ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Wilkins, Russell ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH; TIME;

EID: 1242329190     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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