Early Term Birth: Understanding the Health Risks to Infants

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-145

  Craighead, Debra Vela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Early term birth; Early term infant; Elective induction; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865078315     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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