Challenges and priorities for surveillance of stillbirths: A report on two workshops

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 652-659

  Duke, C Wes ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^a   Romitti, Paul A ^b   Martin, Joyce ^c   Kirby, Russell S ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE FINDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249094244     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400507     Document Type: Article

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