Adolescence and very low birth weight infants: A disproportionate association

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Miller, Hugh S ^a,b   Lesser, Karen B ^a   Reed, Kathryn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOCOLYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0030025362     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00374-6     Document Type: Article

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