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1 online resource (xvii, 127 pages) : illustrations |
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Preterm birth and its consequences -- Labor and delivery -- Preterm birth: brief summary of biological pathways -- Preterm birth: gene-environment interactions -- Preterm birth: social implications -- Future directions -- Abstracts |
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Each year in the United States approximately 440,000 babies are born premature. These infants are at greater risk of death, and are more likely to suffer lifelong medical complications than full-term infants. Clinicians and researchers have made vast improvements in treating preterm birth; however, little success has been attained in understanding and preventing preterm birth. Understanding the complexity of interactions underlying preterm birth will be needed if further gains in outcomes are expected. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine sponsored a workshop to understand the biological mechanism of normal labor and delivery, and how environmental influences, as broadly defined, can interact with the processes of normal pregnancy to result in preterm birth. This report is a summary of the main themes presented by the speakers and participants |
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environmental hazards |
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premature birth |
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environmental health sciences |
| Notes |
"Proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine"--Title page verso |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112) |
| Notes |
Support for this project was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Health (contract no. 282-99-0045, TO#5) [and others] |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Premature infants -- Congresses
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Premature infants -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
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Environmental health -- Congresses
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Premature labor.
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Obstetric Labor, Premature
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Environmental Exposure
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Hazardous Substances
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MEDICAL -- Perinatology & Neonatology.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pediatric & Neonatal.
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Premature labor
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Environmental health
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Premature infants
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Frühgeburt
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Umweltfaktor
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Kurs
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Electronic book
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mattison, Donald R.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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| ISBN |
0309527260 |
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9780309527262 |
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1280179406 |
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9781280179402 |
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9786610179404 |
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6610179409 |
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