Effect of coitus on recurrent preterm birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 793-797

  Yost, Nicole P ^a   Owen, John ^b   Berghella, Vincenzo ^b   Thom, Elizabeth ^b   Swain, Melissa ^b   Dildy III, Gary A ^b   Miodovnik, Menachem ^b   Langer, Oded ^b   Sibai, Baha ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646118496     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000206757.92602.b5     Document Type: Article

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