Adequacy of prenatal care and neonatal mortality in infants born to mothers with and without antenatal high-risk conditions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Chen, Xi Kuan ^a,b   Wen, Shi Wu ^a,b   Yang, Qiuying ^a,b   Walker, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenatal high risk conditions; APNCU Index; Neonatal mortality; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847786799     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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