Influence of consanguinity and maternal education on risk of stillbirth and infant death in Norway, 1967-1993

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 452-459

  Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a   Magnus, Per ^a   Lie, Rolv Terje ^b   Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^b   Irgens, Lorentz M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Education; Ethnic groups; Fetal death; Genetics; Infant death; Social class

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; ETHNICITY; FERTILITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MOTHERS EDUCATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032167937     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009670     Document Type: Article

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