Might rare factors account for most of the mortality of preterm babies?

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-327

  Basso, Olga ^a,b,c   Wilcox, Allen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955062883     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31821266c5     Document Type: Article

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