Maternal Age at First Childbirth and Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery in Washington State

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 21, 1993, Pages 2574-2577

  Aldous, Michael B ^a   Edmonson, M Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE 35 AND OVER; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0027504637     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510210060028     Document Type: Article

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