Preterm birth in Sweden 1973-2001: Rate, subgroups, and effect of changing patterns in multiple births, maternal age, and smoking

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 558-565

  Morken, Nils Halvdan ^a   Källen, Karin ^b   Hagberg, Henrik ^c   Jacobsson, Bo ^c  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUND   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maternal age; Preterm birth; Rate; Smoking; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 18744384547     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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