Epidemiology of late and moderate preterm birth

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Shapiro Mendoza, Carrie K ^a   Lackritz, Eve M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Obstetrics standards; Pregnancy outcome; Premature birth; Prenatal care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858748312     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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