Methodological issues on planning and running the brazilian multicenter study on preterm birth

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lajos, Giuliane J ^a   Tedesco, Ricardo P ^a   Passini, Renato ^a   Dias, Tabata Z ^a   Nomura, Marcelo L ^a   Rehder, Patrícia M ^a   Haddad, Samira M ^a   Sousa, Maria H ^b   Cecatti, Jose G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TERM BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84924172945     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/719104     Document Type: Article

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