Stillbirths in the United States, 1981-2000: An age, period, and cohort analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2213-2217

  Ananth, Cande V ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Kinzler, Wendy L ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^c,d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444469805     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.043885     Document Type: Article

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