Stillbirths in a referral medical college hospital, West Bengal, India: A ten-year review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 266-271

  Bhattacharyya, Raghunath ^a,c   Pal, Amitava ^a,b  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Emergency obstetric care (EOC); Stillbirth; Stillbirth rate; Stillbirth ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAPARTUM ASPHYXIA; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84856260095     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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