Perinatal mortality following assisted reproductive technology treatment in Australia and New Zealand, a public health approach for international reporting of perinatal mortality

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a   Wang, Yueping A ^a   Norman, Robert J ^b   Chambers, Georgina M ^a   Chughtai, Abrar A ^a   Farquhar, Cynthia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology treatment; Embryo transfer; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; TWINS;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW ZEALAND; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RESEARCH REPORT; STILLBIRTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884200091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-177     Document Type: Article

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