Investigating the variations in survival rates for very preterm infants in 10 European regions: The MOSAIC birth cohort

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Zeitlin, J ^b   Fenton, A C ^c   Weber, T ^d   Gerrits, J ^e   Martens, G ^f   Misselwitz, B ^g   Breart, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^g Institute of Quality Assurance Hessen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR ONSET; MATERNITY WARD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 66649103148     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.141531     Document Type: Article

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