The epidemiology of preterm birth

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Bibby, Elizabeth ^a   Stewart, Antony ^b,c  

^a West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b Rowley Regis Tipton PCT   (United Kingdom)

^c Birmingham East and North PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Labour; Morbi dity; Mortality; Prematurity; Preterm; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR INHIBITION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 14944371107     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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