Temporal trends of preterm birth in Shenzhen, China: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Changchang Li (Author), Zhijiang Liang (Author), Michael S. Bloom (Author), Qiong Wang (Author), Xiaoting Shen (Author), Huanhuan Zhang (Author), Suhan Wang (Author), Weiqing Chen (Author), Yan Lin (Author), Qingguo Zhao (Author), Cunrui Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of child mortality under 5 years of age. Temporal trends in preterm birth rates are highly heterogeneous among countries and little information exists for China. To address this data gap, we investigated annual changes in preterm birth incidence...