Research Catalog

Title

The role of environmental hazards in premature birth / Donald R. Mattison [and others], editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001129164
• Mattison, Donald R.
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80004168

Description

xvii, 127 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
• Environmental health > Congresses
• Congress
• Premature infants > Environmental aspects > Congresses
• Obstetric Labor, Premature > etiology
• Hazardous Substances > adverse effects
• Premature infants > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Funding (note)

• 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) ... [et al.]

Contents

1. Preterm Birth and Its Consequences -- 2. Labor and Delivery -- 3. Preterm Birth - Brief Summary of Biological Pathways -- 4. Preterm Birth - Gene-Environment Interactions -- 5. Preterm Birth - Social Implications -- 6. Future Directions -- App. A. Workshop Agenda -- App. B. Speakers and Panelists -- App. C. Workshop Participants.

ISBN

0309090652 (pbk.)

LCCN

2003018950

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries