Socioeconomic inequalities in the rate of stillbirths by cause: A population-based study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Seaton, Sarah E ^a   Field, David J ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Manktelow, Bradley N ^a   Smith, Gordon C S ^b   Springett, Anna ^c   Smith, Lucy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALPRESENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN INFECTION; PLACENTA PREVIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREECLAMPSIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 84863795543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001100     Document Type: Article

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