Secular trends in preterm birth: A hospital-based cohort study

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1849-1854

  Kramer, Michael S ^a,c,d   Platt, Robert ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Joseph, K S ^b   Wen, Shi Wu ^b   Morin, Lucie ^a   Usher, Robert H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c Medical Research Council of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d Tower B

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032477266     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.21.1849     Document Type: Article

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