Rates of stillbirth by gestational age and cause in Inuit and First Nations populations in Quebec

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Park, Alison L ^a,b   Zoungrana, Hamado ^d   McHugh, Nancy Gros Louis ^e   Luo, Zhong Cheng ^f  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^e First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84876851146     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120945     Document Type: Article

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