Preventing preterm Birth - Is it really impossible?: A comment on the IOM report on preterm birth

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Papiernik, Emile ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BIRTH RATE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; IMMUNIZATION; LAW; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547111264     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0217-0     Document Type: Note

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