Rethinking the definition of "term pregnancy"

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-139

  Fleischman, Alan R ^a   Oinuma, Motoko ^b   Clark, Steven L ^b  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954080254     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e24f28     Document Type: Note

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