Estimates of length of neonatal stay for very premature babies in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Manktelow, B ^a   Draper, E S ^a   Field, C ^a   Field, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENGLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77954375663     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.168633     Document Type: Article

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