Epidemiology of Stillbirth and Fetal Central Nervous System Injury

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-238

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; epidemiology; risk factors; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MORBIDITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBESITY; PARITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47349085671     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.04.002     Document Type: Review

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