Delivery indications at late-preterm gestations and infant mortality rates in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 234-240

  Reddy, Uma M ^a   Ko, Chia Wen ^a   Raju, Tonse N K ^a   Willinger, Marian ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Preterm; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649611235     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3232     Document Type: Article

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