Preventing and Managing Prematurity
Open Access
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 7 (4) , 460-477
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300007030
Abstract
In the past decade the prevention and management of prematurity have begun to be addressed with more appropriate designs. A few strategies—very few—can now be recommended. A few, some widely implemented, can be abandoned. The risks and benefits of most interventions still require clarification.Keywords
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