A multi-state analysis of early-term delivery trends and the association with term stillbirth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1138-1145

  Little, Sarah E ^a   Zera, Chloe A ^a   Clapp, Mark A ^a   Wilkins Haug, Louise ^a   Robinson, Julian N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY TERM DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948073379     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001109     Document Type: Article

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