Determinants of risk of spontaneous abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 681-683

  Parazzim, Fabio ^a,b   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   Tovase, Luca ^a   Ben, Guido ^b   Pino, Daniela Dal ^c   Fedele, Lwt Gi ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contraception; Educational status; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Reproductive history; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030754682     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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