Prematurity: An overview and public health implications

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 367-379

  McCormick, Marie C ^a,b   Litt, Jonathan S ^b,c   Smith, Vincent C ^b   Zupancic, John A F ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood morbidity; infant mortality; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFANT MORTALITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LUNG IMMATURITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WHITE MATTER DAMAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MORBIDITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952821008     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090810-182459     Document Type: Article

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