Biological determinants of spontaneous late preterm and early term birth: A retrospective cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 491-499

  Brown, H K ^a   Speechley, K N ^a   Macnab, J ^a   Natale, R ^a   Campbell, M K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obstetric labour; pregnancy complications; preterm birth; term birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMMATURE AND PREMATURE LABOR; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; ISCHEMIA; LABOR INDUCTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTAL ISCHEMIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERM BIRTH; UTERUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANOXIA; CANADA; COMPLICATION; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOXIA; CANADA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84923370558     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13191     Document Type: Article

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