Performance profile of an outcome measure: Morbidity assessment index for newborns

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-426

  Verma, Anila ^a,b   Weir, Angela ^a,b   Drummond, Jane ^a,b   Mitchell, Bryan F ^a,b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORBIDITY;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG ABUSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17644376961     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.019109     Document Type: Article

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