Rates of very preterm birth in Europe and neonatal mortality rates Universiteit Antwerpen
Objective: To estimate the influence of variation in the rate of very preterm delivery on the reported rate of neonatal death in ten European regions. Design: Comparison of 10 separate geographically defined European populations, from nine European countries, over a one year period (seven months in one region). Participants: All births that occurred between 22+0 and 31+6 weeks of gestation in 2003. Main outcome measure: Neonatal death rate ...