Preventing Preterm Birth and Neonatal Mortality: Exploring the Epidemiology, Causes, and Interventions

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 408-415

  Simmons, LaVone E ^a   Rubens, Craig E ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c   Gravett, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Prematurity; Preterm birth; Preterm birth prevention

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INSECTICIDE; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

BED NET; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KANGAROO CARE; MALARIA; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING CESSATION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 78549283796     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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