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Miscarriage matters: the epidemiological, physical, psychological, and economic costs of early pregnancy loss

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Miscarriage is generally defined as the loss of a pregnancy before viability. An estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide, translating to 44 pregnancy losses each minute. The pooled risk of miscarriage is 15·3% (95% CI 12·5–18·7%) of all recognised pregnancies. The population prevalence of women who have had one miscarriage is 10·8% (10·3–11·4%), two miscarriages is 1·9% (1·8–2·1%), and three or more miscarriages is 0·7% (0·5–0·8%). Risk factors for miscarriage include ver...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00682-6

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Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
The Lancet Journal website
Volume:
397
Issue:
10285
Pages:
1658-1667
Publication date:
2021-04-26
Acceptance date:
2021-03-15
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EISSN:
1474-547X
ISSN:
0140-6736
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1173996
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pubs:1173996
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2021-04-30

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