Mortality patterns among very preterm babies: A comparative analysis of two European regions in France and England

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b   Field, David J ^a   Manktelow, Bradley N ^a   Truffert, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34548524645     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.097683     Document Type: Article

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