Gestational age specific neonatal survival in the state of Qatar (2003-2008) - A comparative study with international benchmarks

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 542-547

  Rahman, Sajjad ^a   Salameh, Khalil ^a   Al Rifai, Hilal ^a   Masoud, Ahmed ^a   Lutfi, Samawal ^a   Salama, Husam ^a   Abdoh, Ghassan ^a   Omar, Fahmi ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Neonatal Mortality; Neonatal survival; NMR; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAHRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FRANCE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; JAPAN; KUWAIT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OMAN; PREMATURITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; SINGAPORE; SWEDEN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERNATIONALITY; PREGNANCY; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80052748061     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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