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Preterm birth in rural Malawi: high incidence in ultrasound-dated population

Author(s) -

Nynke van den Broek,

Chikonde Ntonya,

Edith Kayira,

Sarah White,

James P Neilson

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dei208

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , pregnancy , population , gestation , infant mortality , cohort study , birth rate , cohort , pediatrics , demography , fertility , environmental health , genetics , physics , optics , biology , sociology

Preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal death, and has an incidence in industrialized countries of 7%. We have found a high incidence (25-30%) previously in a population of anaemic, pregnant women in southern Malawi, studied with ultrasound dating.

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