Variation in rates of severe retinopathy of prematurity among neonatal intensive care units in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1592-1596

  Darlow, Brian A ^a   Hutchinson, J L ^b   Simpson, J M ^c   Henderson Smart, D J ^b   Donoghue, D A ^b   Evans, N J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 28444440974     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.073650     Document Type: Article

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