Trends in preterm birth: Singleton and multiple pregnancies in the Netherlands, 2000-2007

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1196-1204

  Schaaf, J M ^a   Mol, B W J ^a   Abu Hanna, A ^a   Ravelli, A C J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Medically indicated preterm birth; perinatal mortality; pregnancy multiple; preterm birth; trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NETHERLANDS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 80051794023     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03010.x     Document Type: Article

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