Rates of cerebral palsy in Victoria, Australia, 1970 to 2004: Has there been a change?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 907-912

  Reid, Susan M ^a,b   Carlin, John B ^a,b   Reddihough, Dinah S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80052524402     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04039.x     Document Type: Article

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