Global Incidence of Preterm Birth

Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop Series

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-15

  Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LATIN AMERICA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84937429119     PISSN: 16642147     EISSN: 16642155     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000365798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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