Causes of neonatal mortality in Spain (1975-98): Influence of sex, rural-urban residence and age at death

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-551

  Alonso, Verónica ^a   Fuster, Vicente ^a   Luna, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSTOCIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746695575     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026957     Document Type: Article

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