Mortality in mothers after perinatal loss: A population-based follow-up study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 393-398

  Hvidtjorn D ^a,b   Wu, C ^c   Schendel, D ^c   Thorlund Parner, E ^c   Brink Henriksen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mortality; perinatal loss; stillbirths

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TIME OF DELIVERY; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL DEATH;

EID: 84956721955     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13268     Document Type: Article

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