Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 512-518 , December 2009

Effect of interpregnancy interval on adverse perinatal outcomes — a national study

  • Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel
    • School of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Ethel-Sherry Gordon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Information and Computer Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 93480, Israel
    • ,
  • Ziona Haklai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Information and Computer Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 93480, Israel
    • ,
  • Arnon Samueloff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel
    • School of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael M. Schimmel

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.06.006

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 512-518 , December 2009

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