The preterm prediction study: The value of new vs standard risk factors in predicting early and all spontaneous preterm births

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-238

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Iams, Jay D ^b   Mercer, Brian M ^c   Meis, Paul J ^d   Moawad, Atef H ^e   Copper, Rachel L ^a   Das, Anita ^f   Thom, Elizabeth ^f   Johnson, Francee ^b   McNellis, Donald ^g   Miodovnik, Menachem ^h   Van Dorsten, J Peter ⁱ   Caritis, Steve N ^j   Thurnau, Gary R ^k   Bottoms, Sidney F ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^l HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031890244     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.233     Document Type: Article

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