Survival after extremely preterm birth

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7655, 2008, Pages 1199-1200

  Modi, Neena ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 44849086770     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39559.518391.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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