The role of environmental hazards in premature birth
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Donald R. Mattison ... [et al.], editors.
Contributors: Mattison, Donald R.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Infants (Premature) -- Congresses.; Infants (Premature) -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Environmental health -- Congresses.; Labor, Premature -- etiology -- Congresses.; Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects -- Congresses.; Hazardous Substances -- adverse effects -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in electronic form as viewed November 26, 2003.

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.]
Table of contents: 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.