Low pregravid body mass index as a risk factor for preterm birth: Variation by ethnic group

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-212

  Hickey, Carol A ^a   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a   McNeal, Sandre F ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031080934     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00486-3     Document Type: Article

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