Influence of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination of fetuses with birth defects on the perinatal mortality rate in Victoria, Australia

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-55

  Davidson, Natasha ^a,e   Halliday, Jane ^b,c   Riley, Merilyn ^d   King, James ^d  

^a Victorian Public Health Training Scheme   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Birth Defects Register   (Australia)

^d Royal Children's Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 13844317378     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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