Temporal trends in late preterm and early term birthrates in 6 high-income countries in North America and Europe and association with clinician-initiated obstetric interventions

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 410-419

  Richards, Jennifer L ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^b   Deb Rinker, Paromita ^c   Rouleau, Jocelyn ^c   Mortensen, Laust ^d   Gissler, Mika ^e   Morken, Nils Halvdan ^f,g   Skjarven, Rolv ^f   Cnattingius, Sven ^h   Johansson, Stefan ^h   Delnord, Marie ⁱ   Dolan, Siobhan M ^j   Morisaki, Naho ^k   Tough, Suzanne ^l   Zeitlin, Jennifer ⁱ   Kramer, Michael R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^j ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVE BIRTH; NORWAY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; TRENDS;

CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; DENMARK; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979743335     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9635     Document Type: Article

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