A review of the Apgar score indicated that contextualization was required within the contemporary perinatal and neonatal care framework in different settings

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Bharti, Bhavneet ^a   Bharti, Sahul ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Civil Hospital Rohroo   (India)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Neonatal care; Perinatal care

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CALIBRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 12944297138     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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