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Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
and infants born preterm or with low birth weights and their sequelae include the following:
Administration for Children and Families
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Food and Drug Administration
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Indian Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Nursing Research
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
ETHICAL AND LIABILITY ISSUES IN REPRODUCTION RESEARCH
Many ethical issues involved in reproduction research are being discussed and debated at this time, and some may be obstacles to this research. One issue involves whether there is a benefit to the mother and her fetus of inclusion in reproduction research and whether those who are enrolled in research are better off than those who are not. Another challenge involves the documented prevalence of off-label medication use and the professional obligation to study off-label medication use. For neonates, there has been a
