International comparisons of preterm birth: Higher rates of late preterm birth are associated with lower rates of stillbirth and neonatal death

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1630-1639

  Lisonkova, S ^a   Sabr, Y ^a,b   Butler, B ^a   Joseph, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

International comparisons; perinatal death; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LITHUANIA; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NORTH AMERICA; PARITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869848124     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03403.x     Document Type: Article

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