Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in appropriate, small and large birthweight for gestational age fetuses

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-306

  Vashevnik, Stas ^a,c   Walker, Susan ^a,b   Permezel, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Neonatal deaths; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; STILLBIRTH; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447517208     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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