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measures of fetal death  

Definition

  • The World Health Organization defines a fetal death as the death of a production of conception prior to complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, regardless of length of pregnancy. Factors that indicate a fetal death after separation from the mother include no breathing or evidence of life by the fetus, pulsation of umbilical cord, or voluntary muscle movement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Fetal Death, Measures of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X62FJD8B-V

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