European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , May 2009

The influence of level of care on admission to neonatal care for babies of low-risk nullipara

  • C. Le Ray

      Affiliations

    • Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, INSERM Unit 149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's Health, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
    • Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Maternité de Port-Royal, Hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 123 Bd de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • J. Zeitlin

      Affiliations

    • Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, INSERM Unit 149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's Health, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • P.H. Jarreau

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Maternité de Port-Royal, Hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 123 Bd de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • G. Bréart

      Affiliations

    • Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, INSERM Unit 149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's Health, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • F. Goffinet

      Affiliations

    • Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, INSERM Unit 149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's Health, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
    • Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Maternité de Port-Royal, Hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 123 Bd de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: INSERM Unit 149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's Health, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 42 34 55 70/42 34 55 80; fax: +33 1 43 26 89 79.
    • ,
  • for the PREMODA study group

Received 8 August 2008 ,Revised 1 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 January 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(09)00068-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.01.006

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , May 2009

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