Systematic multidisciplinary approach to reporting perinatal mortality: Lessons from a five-year regional review: Original Article

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-477

  Kent, Alison L ^a,c   Dahlstrom, Jane E ^a   Ellwood, David ^a   Bourne, Maureen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Population Health Division   (Australia)

^c CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Classification; Death; Fetus; Neonate; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 70349559825     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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