Should spontaneous and medically indicated preterm births be separated for studying aetiology?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-105

  Savitz, David A ^a,b   Dole, Nancy ^a   Herring, Amy H ^b   Kaczor, Diane ^a   Murphy, June ^e   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,c   Thorp Jr , John M ^a,d   MacDonald, Thaddeus L ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 16444376945     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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