Fetal growth restriction and other factors associated with neonatal death in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Battin, Malcolm R ^a   McCowan, Lesley M E ^a   George Haddad, Maha ^b   Thompson, John M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Death classification; Growth restriction; Mortality; Neonatal death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

APGAR SCORE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35948937299     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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