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MeSH Heading: Infant Death
Tree Number(s): C23.550.260.657
Unique ID: D066088
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D066088
Annotation: use PERINATAL DEATH for death of an infant less than 28 days of age; do not confuse with INFANT MORTALITY, a statistical concept
Scope Note: The death of a live-born INFANT within its first year of life.
NLM Classification #: WS 430
See Also: Infant Mortality; Perinatal Death; Perinatal Mortality
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

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