Preterm birth research: From disillusion to the search for new mechanisms

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 159-161

  Buekens, Pierre ^a   Klebanoff, Mark ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 17144382857     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2001.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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