Determinants of preterm birth rates in Canada from 1981 through 1983 and from 1992 through 1994

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1434-1439

  Joseph, K S ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^b   Marcoux, Sylvie ^c   Ohlsson, Arne ^d   Wen, Shi Wu ^a   Allen, Alexander ^e   Platt, Robert ^b  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0032511953     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199811123392004     Document Type: Article

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