Journal article
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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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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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
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1173996
- Local pid:
- pubs:1173996
- Deposit date:
- 2021-04-30
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- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Elsevier at: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00682-6
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