A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: understanding the effect of plurality and of parity

A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: understanding the effect of plurality and of parity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Birth weight- and gestational age-specific perinatal mortality curves intersect when compared across categories of maternal smoking, plurality, race and other factors. No simple explanation exists for this paradoxical observation.<...

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Main Authors: Sauve Reg, Dzakpasu Susie, Ananth Cande V, Platt Robert W, Wen Shi, Demissie Kitaw, Joseph KS, Liu Shiliang, Allen Alexander C, Kramer Michael S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-06-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/3/3

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