Does rural or urban residence make a difference to neonatal outcome in premature birth? A regional study in Australia

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Abdel Latif, M E ^a,b   Bajuk, B ^c   Oei, J ^a,b   Vincent, T ^c   Sutton, L ^a,b   Lui, K ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; STILLBIRTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33745872531     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.090670     Document Type: Article

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