Variations in multiple birth rates and impact on perinatal outcomes in Europe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Heino, Anna ^a   Gissler, Mika ^a,k   Hindori Mohangoo, Ashna D ^b,c,k   Blondel, Béatrice ^d,k   Klungsøyr, Kari ^e   Verdenik, Ivan ^f,bf   Mierzejewska, Ewa ^g   Velebil, Petr ^h,k   Ólafsdóttir, Helga Sól ^i,k   Macfarlane, Alison ^j,k   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^d   Haidinger, Gerald ^k,l   Alexander, Sophie ^k,n   Pavlou, Pavlos ^k,w   Mortensen, Laust ^k   Sakkeus, Luule ^k,z   Lack, Nicholas ^k,ab   Antsaklis, Aris ^k,ae   Berbik, Istvan ^k,af   Bonham, Sheelagh ^k,ah   Cuttini, Marina ^k,ai   Misins, Janis ^k,am   Jaselioniene, Jone ^k   Wagener, Yolande ^k,ao   Gatt, Miriam ^k,aq   Nijhuis, Jan ^k,ar   Van Der Pal, Karin ^k   Klungsoyr, Kari ^e,k   Szamotulska, Katarzyna ^k,ba   Barros, Henrique ^k,bb   Horga, Mihai ^k,bc   Cap, Jan ^k   Mandić, Natasa Tul ^k   Bolúmar, Francisco ^k,bg   Gottvall, Karin ^k,bk   Berrut, Sylvie ^k,bl   Klimont, Jeannette ^m   Zhang, Wei Hong ⁿ   Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle ⁿ   Van Humbeeck, Mélissa ⁿ   Leroy, Charlotte ^o   Minsart, Anne Frédérique ^o   Van Leeuw, Virginie ^o   Martens, Evelyne ^p   De Spiegelaere, Myriam ^q   Verkruyssen, Freddy ^r   Willems, Michel ^r   Aelvoet, Willem ^s   Tafforeau, Jean ^t   Renard, Francoise ^t   Walckiers, Denise ^t   Cuignet, Deborah ^u   Demoulin, Philippe ^u   Cloots, Heidi ^v   Hendrickx, Erik ^v   Kongs, Anne ^v   Stylianou, Despina ^w   Kyprianou, Theopisti ^w   Skordes, Nicos ^x   Roos, Jens Langhoff ^y   Anderson, Anne Marie Nybo ^y   Mortensen, Laust Hvas ^y   Ritvanen, Annukka ^a   Colle, Marie Hélène Bouvier ^d   Ego, Anne ^aa   Rey, Grégoire ^d   Heller, Guenther ^ac   Scharl, Anton ^ad   Drakakis, Peter ^ae   Bjarnadottir, Ragnheidur I ⁱ   Hardardóttir, Hildur ⁱ   Ragnarsdóttir, Brynja ⁱ   Stefánsdóttir, Vigdís ⁱ   Haraldsdóttir, Sigrídur ^ag   Mulligan, Aisling ^ah   Tamburini, Cristina ^aj   Boldrini, Rosaria ^aj   Prati, Sabrina ^ak   Loghi, Marzia ^ak   Castagnaro, Cinzia ^ak   Marchetti, Stefano ^ak   Burgio, Alessandra ^ak   Da Frè, Monica ^al   Zile, Irisa ^am   Isakova, Jelena ^an   Gaidelyte, Rita ^an   Jaselione, Jone ^an   Billy, Audrey ^ap   Touvrey Lecomte, Aline ^ap   Van Der, Karin ^k   De Bruin, Pal ^k   Achterberg, Peter ^as   Hukkelhoven, Chantal ^at   De Winter, Ger ^at   Ravelli, Anita ^au   Rijninks Van Driel, Greta ^av   Tamminga, Pieter ^aw   Groesz, Martin ^ax   Elferink Stinkens, Patty ^ay   Osen, Arild ^az   Ebbing, Marta ^az   Correia, Sofia ^bb   Cucu, Alexandra ^bd   Novak Antolič, Živa ^be   Jane, Mireia ^bh   Vidal, Maria Jose ^bh   Barona, Carmen ^bi   Mas, Rosa ^bi   Alcaide, Adela Recio ^bj   Lundqvist, Ellen ^bk   König, Claudia ^bm   Schmid, Monika ^bm   Dattani, Nirupa ^j   Chalmers, Jim ^bn   Monteath, Kirsten ^bn   Climson, Marie ^bo   Marr, Leslie ^bp   Gibson, Rod ^bq   Thomas, Gwyneth ^br   Osborne, Rhian ^br   Brown, Russell ^bs   Sweet, David ^bt   Evans, Joanne ^bt   Magill, Sinead ^bu   Graham, Adele ^bu   Reid, Heather ^bu   Falconer, Terry ^bu   McConnell, Karen ^bu   McComb, Neil ^bv   more..

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

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

ⁱ LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k Centre of Public Health ^*  (Netherlands)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m Statistics Austria   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^o Centre d'Epidémiologie Périnatale   (Belgium)

^p SPE (Study Center for Perinatal Epidemiology)   (Belgium)

^q Brussels Capital Health and Social Observatory   (Belgium)

^r FPS Economy   (Belgium)

^s Food Chain Safety and Environment   (Belgium)

^t WHO   (Belgium)

^u French Community of Belgium   (Belgium)

^v Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Cyprus)

^w Ministry of Health   (Cyprus)

^x Pediatric Department Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

^y UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^z TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^aa RHEOP Register for Disabled Children and Perinatal Observatory   (France)

^ab Bavarian Institute for Quality Assurance   (Germany)

^ac AQUA Institut   (Germany)

^ad Klinikum Amberg   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^af Vaszary Kolos Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^ag Landlaeknis Directorate of Health   (Norway)

^ah Heath Research and Information Division   (Ireland)

^ai Pediatric Hospital of Baby Jesus   (Italy)

^aj Italian Ministry of Health   (Italy)

^ak Italian National Institute for Statistics ISTAT   (Italy)

^al Regional Agency for Health of Tuscany Latvia   (Latvia)

^am Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (Latvia)

^an Health Information Centre   (Lithuania)

^ao Guy Weber Ministry of Health   (Luxembourg)

^ap Public Health Research Center   (Malta)

^aq Dept of Health Information and Research   (Malta)

^ar MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^as NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^at Netherlands Perinatal Registry   (Netherlands)

^au ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^av Royal Dutch College of Midwives   (Netherlands)

^aw Paediatric Association of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^ax Perinatal Audit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^ay STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^az NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^ba Central Statistical Office   (Poland)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^bc East European Institute for Reproductive Health   (Romania)

^bd Slovak National Health Information Center   (Slovakia)

^be UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^bf Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Spain)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^bh Catalan Public Health Agency Catalan regional government   (Spain)

^bi Public Health   (Spain)

^bj National Institute for Statistics (INE)   (Sweden)

^bk Monitoring and Evaluation   (Switzerland)

^bl Swiss Federal Office of Energy   (Switzerland)

^bm ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^bn INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^bo National Records of Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^bp HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^bq BirthChoiceUK   (United Kingdom)

^br WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^bs NHS Wales   (United Kingdom)

^bt OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^bu Public Health Agency   (United Kingdom)

^bv Department of Health Richmond House   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH RATE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; ADULT; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84961839072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149252     Document Type: Article

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