title: [20 years of perinatal epidemiology. The epidemiologist's viewpoint].
abstract: On the methodological point of view, perinatal epidemiology has been characterized in these last twenty years, by the development of evaluative surveys and their integration into a set of epidemiological works allowing a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms providing a basis for preventive interventions.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches Epidémiologiques sur la Santé des Femmes et des Enfants, INSERM U-149, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bréart
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010500:Perinatology / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy