Stillbirth as a risk factor for subsequent infant mortality

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 641-646

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   August, Euna M ^b   Weldeselasse, Hanna E ^a   Biroscak, Brian J ^a   Mbah, Alfred K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Infant mortality; Pregnancy; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 80052683632     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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