Perinatal outcomes for extremely preterm babies in relation to place of birth in England: The EPICure 2 study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Marlow, Neil ^a   Bennett, C ^a   Draper, E S ^b   Hennessy, E M ^c   Morgan, A S ^a   Costeloe, K L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEONATOLOGY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898837601     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305555     Document Type: Article

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