National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995: A systematic analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9774, 2011, Pages 1319-1330

  Cousens, Simon ^a   Blencowe, Hannah ^a   Stanton, Cynthia ^b   Chou, Doris ^c   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b   Steinhardt, Laura ^b   Creanga, Andreea A ^b   Tunalp, Özge ^b   Balsara, Zohra Patel ^b   Gupta, Shivam ^b   Say, Lale ^c   Lawn, Joy E ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREND STUDY; UNCERTAINTY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79954581507     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62310-0     Document Type: Article

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