Implementation, quality control and selected pregnancy outcomes of the Murmansk County Birth Registry in Russia

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-334

  Anda, Erik Eik ^a   Nieber, Evert ^a,b   Voitov, Alexander Valentinovitch ^a,c   Kovalenko, Anton Alexandrovich ^c   Lapina, Yana Mikhailovna ^c   Voitova, Elena Alexandrovna ^c   Kovalenko, Liudmila Fedorovna ^c   Odland, Jon Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Murmansk County Birth Registry   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barents Region; Birth registry; Perinatal mortality; Pregnancy outcomes; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549104420     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i4.18339     Document Type: Article

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