The higher the educational level of the first-time mother, the lower the fetal and post-neonatal but not the neonatal mortality in Belgium (Flanders)

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Cammu, Hendrik ^a,b   Martens, Guy ^a,c   Van Maele, Georges ^c   Amy, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetal, neonatal, post neonatal mortality; Maternal level of education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 72049097413     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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