Trends in preterm birth in singleton deliveries in a Hong Kong population

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-253

  Hui, Annie S Y ^a   Lao, Terence T ^a   Leung, Tak Yeung ^a   Schaaf, Jelle M ^b   Sahota, Daljit S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Perinatal mortality; Preterm birth; Preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; ADULT; DELIVERY; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84915785574     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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