Infants born late preterm: Epidemiology, trends, and morbidity risk

NeoReviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Shapiro Mendoza, Carrie K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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EID: 77149134372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.10-6-e287     Document Type: Review

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