Not all "term" infants are created equal

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1001-1002

  Oh, William ^a   Raju, Tonse N K ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MATURATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84888859714     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2593     Document Type: Editorial

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