Trends in gestational age and birth weight in Chile, 1991-2008. A descriptive epidemiological study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lopez, Paulina O ^a,b,c   Bréart, Gérard ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; REGISTER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84868225253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-121     Document Type: Article

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