Perinatal outcome among non-residents in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Ma slovitz, Sharon ^a,b   Kupferminc, Michael J ^a,b   Lessing, Joseph B ^a,b   Many, Ariel ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Medical insurance; Non residents; Perinatal outcome; Pregnancy surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MACROSOMIA; MIGRANT WORKER; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 18744384962     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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