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Time of delivery among low-risk women at 37-42 weeks of gestation and risks of stillbirth and infant mortality, and long-term neurological morbidity.

Neda RazazGiulia M MuracaKatharina FinkAmelie BoutinSid JohnSarka LisonkovaOlof StephanssonSven CnattingiusK S Joseph
Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2022)
Among low-risk pregnancies, birth at 37 or 38 completed weeks' gestation is associated with increased risks of stillbirth, infant mortality and neurological morbidity, while birth at 39-40 completed weeks is associated with reduced risks compared with births at later gestation.
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