Ethnic differences in risk factors for neonatal mortality and morbidity in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Claydon, J E ^a   Mitton, C ^b   Sankaran, K ^c   Lee, S K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Integrated Centre for Care Advancement Through Research iCARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOUTH ASIA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447094208     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211766     Document Type: Article

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