Risk stratification and pathological mechanisms in preterm delivery

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 78-89

  Lockwood, Charles J ^a   Kuczynski, Edward ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 14644445051     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2001.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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