Conditions at Conception in Women with Recurrent Miscarriage

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-149

  Smits, Luc J ^a   Nelen, Willianne L D M ^b   Wouters, Maurice G A J ^b   Straatman, Huub ^a   Jongbloet, Piet H ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0032019369     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988969     Document Type: Article

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