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By Carol Pearson
Washington
26 March 2008
 

Pre-term or premature birth is one of the leading causes of infant death in the developed world. A new study shows that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation1 not only have lower survival rates, but they face more health complications into adulthood2.  VOA's Carol Pearson has more.
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1 gestation L6ey2     
n.怀孕；酝酿
参考例句：
  • The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.妊娠期从95天至150天不等。
  • This film was two years in gestation.这部电影酝酿了两年。
2 adulthood vKsyr     
n.成年，成人期
参考例句：
  • Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
  • Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

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