Influence of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the incidence and outcome of singleton premature births in the Split University Hospital

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Pavlinac, Ivana ^c   Marin, Ana ^c   Valić, Maja ^a   Marušić, Jelena ^b   Roje, Damir ^b   Pecotić, Renata ^a   Tadin, Ivica ^b   Dogaš, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Perinatal mortality; Pregnancy outcome; Premature birth; War

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CESAREAN SECTION; CROATIA; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAR;

EID: 41949122730     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-008-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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