Policy efforts to prevent ART-related preterm birth

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Johnson, Blair ^a   Chavkin, Wendy ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Policy; Prematurity; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249700178     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0160-5     Document Type: Article

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