Preterm delivery risk factors: A prevention strategy in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-559

  Rajaeefard, A ^a   Mohammadi, M ^a   Choobineh, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMMOBILIZATION; IRAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STILLBIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 34447620115     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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