Perinatal mortality rate in relation to gender

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 545-548

  Sami, Shehla ^a,b   Baloch, Shahnaz Naseer ^a  

^a Bolan Medical Complex Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gender; Male; Perinatal mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 5044241482     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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