Commentary: Does screening reduce preterm births?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7462, 2004, Pages 374-

  Alanen, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NOTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; ADULT; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 4444290124     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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