A solution pathway for preterm birth: Accelerating a priority research agenda

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lackritz, Eve M ^a   Wilson, Christopher B ^b   Guttmacher, Alan E ^c   Howse, Jennifer L ^d   Engmann, Cyril M ^b   Rubens, Craig E ^a   Mason, Elizabeth M ^e   Muglia, Louis J ^f   Gravett, Michael G ^a,g   Goldenberg, Robert L ^h   Murray, Jeffrey C ^b,i   Spong, Catherine Y ^c   Simpson, Joe Leigh ^d  

^a Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth   (United States)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GESTAGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MICROBIOME; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 84888394393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70120-7     Document Type: Letter

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