The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 358-362.e1 , March 2009

Variations in Mortality and Morbidity by Gestational Age among Infants Born at Term

  • Xun Zhang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael S. Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael S. Kramer, MD, The Montreal Children's Hospital, 2300 Tupper Street (Les Tourelles), Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3 Canada

Received 3 April 2008 ,Revised 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00781-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.09.013

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 358-362.e1 , March 2009

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