Rates of very preterm birth in Europe and neonatal mortality rates

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Field, D ^a,m   Draper, E S ^a   Fenton, A ^b   Papiernik, E ^c   Zeitlin, J ^d   Blondel, B ^d   Cuttini, M ^e   Maier, R F ^f   Weber, T ^g   Carrapato, M ^h   Kollee L ⁱ   Gadzin, J ^j   Van Reempts, P ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^g HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h Hospital de Sao Sebastiao de Santa Maria da Feira   (Portugal)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^k ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^m LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649644329     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.150433     Document Type: Article

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