Extremely preterm infant mortality rates and cesarean deliveries in the United States

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Batton, Beau ^a   Burnett, Christopher ^a   Verhulst, Steven ^a   Batton, Daniel ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CESAREAN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959681897     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318221001c     Document Type: Article

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