Lowering the premature birth rate: What the U.S. experience means for Japan

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Noguchi, Akihiko ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MPH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Japan; Low birth weight; Premature birth; United States

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349194409     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: 18801293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.57.45     Document Type: Review

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