The Use of Home Uterine Activity Monitoring to Prevent Preterm Birth

Adapted by Geoffrey Anderson, MD, PhD, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Department of Health Administration, University of Toronto, from the report  prepared for the US Preventive Services Task Force by Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH

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