Risk factors for spontaneous abortion and its recurrence

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 420-430

  Risch, Harvey A ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^b   Aileen Clarke, E ^a   Miller, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Epidemiologic methods; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RISK WOMEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBESITY--WOMEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY HISTORY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SMOKING--WOMEN; STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RACIAL STOCKS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023780398     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114982     Document Type: Article

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