Neonatal mortality among low birth weight infants during the initial months of the academic year

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 691-695

  Bruckner, T A ^a   Carlo, W A ^b   Ambalavanan, N ^b   Gould, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 53949117984     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.72     Document Type: Article

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