Young maternal age and preterm labor

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 400-406

  Hediger, Mary L ^a   Scholl, Theresa O ^a   Schall, Joan L ^a   Krueger, Paul M ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent Pregnancy; Gynecologic Age; Preterm Delivery; Preterm Labor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CORRELATION STUDIES; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030844502     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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