Assessing the determinants of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths using routinely collected data in an inner city area

BMC Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Smeeton, Nigel C ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Dobson, Pamela ^b   Cochrane, Ruth ^c   Wolfe, Charles ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARDIZATION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4243096178     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-27     Document Type: Article

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