The Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth - Workshop Summary (Paperback, New)

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 Medicinea (TM)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.

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine • Board on Health Sciences Policy • Institute of Medicine • National Academy of Sciences
Editors:	Donald R. Mattison • Samuel Wilson • Christine M. Coussens • Dalia Gilbert
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	148
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-09065-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gynaecology & obstetrics > General
LSN:	0-309-09065-2
Barcode:	9780309090650

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