Analysis of neonatal mortality:is standardizing for relative birth weight biased?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Infant mortality has traditionally been analyzed as a function of birth weight and birth weight-specific mortality. Often, however, when comparing two populations, the population with higher overall mortality has lower mortality at l...

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Main Authors: Kramer Michael S, Ananth Cande V, Platt Robert W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-06-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/4/9