Gestational age patterns of fetal and neonatal mortality in Europe: Results from the Euro-Peristat project

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Mohangoo, Ashna D ^a   Buitendijk, Simone E ^a   Szamotulska, Katarzyna ^b   Chalmers, Jim ^c   Irgens, Lorentz M ^d   Bolumar, Francisco ^e   Nijhuis, Jan G ^f   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^g,h  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LIVE BIRTH; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; REGISTRATION; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REGISTER;

EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 81155134535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024727     Document Type: Article

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