American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 409.e1-409.e6 , October 2007

A population study of the contribution of medical comorbidity to the risk of prematurity in blacks

Presented at the 27th Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 5-10, 2007.

  • Deborah B. Ehrenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Deborah Ehrenthal, MD, Room 1905, Women’s Health Building, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718
    • ,
  • Claudine Jurkovitz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE
    • ,
  • Matthew Hoffman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE
    • ,
  • Charlan Kroelinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Delaware Division of Public Health, Dover, DE.
    • ,
  • William Weintraub, MD

      Affiliations

    • Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 2 May 2007 ,Accepted 16 July 2007.

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 Cite this article as: Ehrenthal DB, Jurkovitz C, Hoffman M, et al. A population study of the contribution of medical comorbidity to the risk of prematurity in blacks. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:409.e1-409.e6.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00882-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.07.015

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 409.e1-409.e6 , October 2007

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