Born Too Soon: Preterm Births on the Rise

latitude 37.786089, longitude -122.455888

The United States has the highest rate of premature births of any developed nation in the world. But why? QUEST meets some of the Bay Area researchers working to answer that question.

Air Date: Tuesday, Jul 24 2007 at 11:30AM
Duration: 10:00 Episode: 115 Segment: a
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Topics: Biology, Health
Location: San Francisco County

 

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