International Comparisons of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality Rates in High-Income Countries: Should Exclusion Thresholds Be Based on Birth Weight or Gestational Age?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mohangoo, Ashna D ^a   Blondel, Béatrice ^b   Gissler, Mika ^c,d   Velebil, Petr ^e   Macfarlane, Alison ^f   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b,g   Haidinger, Gerald ^h   Alexander, Sophie ⁱ   Pavlou, Pavlos ^j   Roos, Jens Langhoff ^k   Sakkeus, Luule ^l   Lack, Nicholas ^m   Antsaklis, Aris ⁿ   Berbik, István ^o   Bonham, Sheelagh ^p   Cuttini, Marina ^q   Misins, Janis ^r   Jaselioniene, Jone ^s   Wagener, Yolande ^t   Gatt, Miriam ^u   Nijhuis, Jan ^v   Klungsoyr, Kari ^w   Szamotulska, Katarzyna ^x   Barros, Henrique ^y   Chmelová, Mária ^z   Novak Antolic, Živa ^aa   Bolúmar, Francisco ^ab   Gottvall, Karin ^ac   more..

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^j Ministry of Health   (Cyprus)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^l TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^m Bavarian Working Group for Quality Assurance   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^o Vaszary Kolos Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^p National Perinatal Reporting Scheme   (Ireland)

^q Pediatric Hospital of Baby Jesus   (Italy)

^r Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (Latvia)

^s Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

^t Ministry of Health   (Luxembourg)

^u Department of Health Information and Research   (Malta)

^v MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^x National Research Institute of Mother and Child   (Poland)

^y University of Porto   (Portugal)

^z National Health Registries Division   (Slovakia)

^aa UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^ac National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84877877957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064869     Document Type: Article

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