Parental religious affiliation and survival of premature infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 361-367

  Arad, I ^a   Braunstein, R ^a   Netzer, D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Outcome; Prematurity; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RELIGION; RISK; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ISLAM; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 43049144625     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.12     Document Type: Article

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