Reducing preterm births in China

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9848, 2012, Pages 1144-1145

  Zhao, Xinliang ^a,b,g   Chen, Ying ^c,g   Qiu, Gan ^d,g   Xiao, Mei ^e,g   Zhong, Nanbert ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Stomatology   (China)

^f Center of Translational Medicine for Maternal and Child Health   (China)

^g China Preterm Clinical Research Consortium   (China)

^h NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866647307     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61661-4     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Blencowe H, Cousens S, Oestergaard MZ, et al. National, regional, and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications. Lancet 2012; 379: 2162-72.
2. Zhao X-L, Zhong N, China Preterm Clinical Research Consortium. Retrospective study of 1,094,807 newborns showed the national average rate of preterm birth in China is 5.5%, which has been increased 14% from 2005 to 2009. Presentation at the 5th International Conference of Birth Defects in Developing Countries. October 2011, Lodz, Poland.