A Comparison of Risk Factors for Preterm Labor and Term Smal-for-Gestational-Age Birth

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-376

  Lang, Janet M ^a   Lieberman, Ellice ^b,c   Cohen, Amy ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth retardation; Maternal age; Prematurity; Preterai labor; Race; Small for gestational age birth; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UTERUS MALFORMATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOSTON; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030008466     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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