Understanding perinatal mortality

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Tanaka, Satomi ^a   Stock, Sarah J ^b   Yamamoto, Yuka ^a   Kondejewski, Jane ^a   Olson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early neonatal; Maternal; Mortality; Neonatal; Perinatal; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; SIDE EFFECT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 78049300868     PISSN: 17517214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogrm.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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