title: [Medical certificate of neonatal death].
abstract: A specific neonatal death certificate has been put into use in France since April 1997. It must be completed for any infants born alive and deceased between 0 and 27 days. Its content is presented together with the results of an evaluation of its use performed during a 3 month period in 1996. This certificate is aimed to improve the mortality statistics of the neonatal period, thus helping to better define the priorities in the medical care and prevention fields.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherches épidémiologiques sur la santé des femmes et des enfants, Inserm U149, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blondel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hatton
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jougla
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn