Changes in fetal death during 40 years-different trends for different gestational ages: A population-based study in Norway

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-494

  Sarfraz, A A ^a   Samuelsen, S O ^b,c   Eskild, A ^a,c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fetal death; gestational age; pregnancy; risk factors; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951519729     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02819.x     Document Type: Article

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