Trends in the incidence and mortality of multiple births by socioeconomic deprivation and maternal age in England: Population-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Lucy K ^a   Manktelow, Bradley N ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Boyle, Elaine M ^a   Johnson, Samantha J ^a   Field, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84899548917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004514     Document Type: Article

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