Subgroups of preterm delivery in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1374-1377

  Morken, Nils Halvdan ^a,b,c   Magnus, Per ^b   Jacobsson, Bo ^c,d,e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic preterm delivery; Spontaneous preterm delivery; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORWAY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449087929     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802491508     Document Type: Article

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