Changes in incidence of iatrogenic and spontaneous preterm births over time: A population-based study

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 505-509

  Lucovnik, Miha ^a   Bregar, Andreja Trojner ^a   Steblovnik, Lili ^a   Verdenik, Ivan ^a   Gersak, Ksenija ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b,c   Tul, Natasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic preterm birth; prematurity; preterm birth; preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; SLOVENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84978998467     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2015-0271     Document Type: Article

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