Behind international rankings of infant mortality: How the United States compares with Europe

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-588

  MacDorman, Marian ^a   Mathews, T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956626323     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.40.4.a     Document Type: Article

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