Outcome of hospital deliveries of women living at high altitude: A study from Lhasa in Tibet

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-321

  Yangzom, Yeshe ^a   Qian, Liling ^b   Shan, Mina ^a   La, Ya ^a   Meiduo, Deji ^a   Hu, Xiaoying ^a   Da, Qiong ^c   Sun, Bo ^b   Zetterström, Rolf ^d  

^a People's Hospital   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (China)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High altitude; Low birthweight; Neonatal mortality; Newborn; Preterm; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ALTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBET;

EID: 41949138100     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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