Estimating gestational age at birth: A population-based derivation-validation study

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Urquia, M L ^a,b   Stukel, T A ^b,c   Fung, K ^b   Glazier, R H ^a,b,c,d   Ray, J G ^b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative datasets; Birth; Derivation; Gestational age; Infant health; Neonate; Ontario; Prediction; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960047348     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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