The economics of preterm delivery

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-20

  Rogowski, J A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Premature birth; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002794015     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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