Risk factors associated with preterm birth in the Gaza Strip: Hospital-based case-Control study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1132-1141

  Abu Hamad, Khitam ^a   Abed, Y ^b   Abu Hamad, B ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Palestine   (Palestine)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PALESTINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 37849032645     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1132     Document Type: Article

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