Geographically based investigation of the influence of very-preterm births on routine mortality statistics from the UK and Australia

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Field, D J ^a,d   Bajuk, B ^b   Manktelow, B N ^a   Vincent, T ^b   Dorling, J ^a   Tarnow Mordi, W ^c   Draper, E S ^a   Smart, D Henderson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 44049094272     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.119271     Document Type: Article

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