The Quiet Epidemic of Premature Birth: Commentary on a Recent Institute of Medicine Report

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-9

  McCormick, Marie C ^a   Behrman, Richard E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Federation of Pediatric Organizations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846444932     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Behrman R.E., and Butler A.S. Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention (2006), National Academies Press, Washington, DC
2. Institute of Medicine. Preventing Low Birthweight (1985), National Academies Press, Washington, DC