Identifying risk factors for very preterm birth: A reference for clinicians

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 434-439

  Watson, Lyndsey F ^a   Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Forster, Della ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Risk factors; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876715229     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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