Customized birth weight for gestational age standards: Perinatal mortality patterns are consistent with separate standards for males and females but not for blacks and whites

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Joseph, K S ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^b   Dodds, Linda ^a   Allen, Victoria M ^a   Ohlsson, Arne ^c   Marcoux, Sylvie ^d   Liston, Robert ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844512951     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-3     Document Type: Article

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