Standard methods based on last menstrual period dates misclassify and overestimate US preterm births

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 411-414

  Ambrose, C S ^a   Caspard, H ^a   Rizzo, C ^a   Stepka, E C ^b   Keenan, G ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC GESTATIONAL AGE ESTIMATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929951033     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.25     Document Type: Article

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