Early pregnancy predictors of preterm birth: The role of a prolonged menstruation-conception interval

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-237

  Gardosi, Jason ^a   Francis, Andre ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033950909     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11694.x     Document Type: Article

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