Mode of delivery and the survival of macrosomic infants in the United States, 1995-1999

Birth

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-283

  Boulet, Sheree L ^a,d   Salihu, Hamisu M ^b   Alexander, Greg R ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Macrosomia; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751249327     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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