Term pregnancy: A period of heterogeneous risk for infant mortality

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1279-1287

  Reddy, Uma M ^a,b,c,d   Bettegowda, Vani R ^a,b,c   Dias, Todd ^a,b,c   Yamada Kushnir, Tomoko ^a,b,c   Ko, Chia Wen ^a,b,c   Willinger, Marian ^a,b,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958138495     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182179e28     Document Type: Article

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