Births by younger and older mothers in a population with late and regulated childbearing: Finland 1991

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Hemminki, Elina ^a,b   Gissler, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Health Services Research Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infant health; Labor; Maternal age; Parity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030033610     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033278     Document Type: Article

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