Stillbirths: Epidemiology, Evidence, and Priorities for Action

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 387-394

  Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar ^a   Lawn, Joy E ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition of stillbirths; Epidemiology; Interventions; Risk factors; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; INSECTICIDE;

BED NET; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECLAMPSIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS DEATH; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARASITEMIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIRTH INTERVALS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS;

EID: 78549280509     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.09.010     Document Type: Review

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