Preterm birth: New data on a global health priority

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9832, 2012, Pages 2128-2130

  Morken, Nils Halvdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NOTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861935119     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60857-5     Document Type: Note

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