A systematic review to calculate background miscarriage rates using life table analysis

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Ammon Avalos, Lyndsay ^a   Galindo, Claudia ^b   Li, De Kun ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDLINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862186856     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23014     Document Type: Review

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