Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9775, 2011, Pages 1448-1463

  Lawn, Joy E ^a,b,c,k   Blencowe, Hannah ^d   Pattinson, Robert ^e   Cousens, Simon ^d   Kumar, Rajesh ^f   Ibiebele, Ibinabo ^g   Gardosi, Jason ^h   Day, Louise T ⁱ   Stanton, Cynthia ^j  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^g MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

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

^k 11 South Way ^*  (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79955466345     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62187-3     Document Type: Review

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