Alberta's infant mortality rate: the effect of the registration of live newborns weighing less than 500 grams.

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Published in Can J Public Health on September 03, 1998

Authors

L W Svenson1, D P Schopflocher, R S Sauve, C M Robertson

Author Affiliations

1: Health Surveillance Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton. svensl@mail.health.gov.ab.ca

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