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Abstract
The death of a live-born INFANT within its first year of life.
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3 entry terms
- Death, Infant
- Deaths, Infant
- Infant Deaths
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2 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings etiology, prevention & control.
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Indexing Annotation
use PERINATAL DEATH for death of an infant less than 28 days of age; do not confuse with INFANT MORTALITY, a statistical concept
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History Note
2015
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WS 430
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Infant Death. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066088. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066088
- Infant Death. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_death
- Infant Death. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22004151