Changing pregnancy outcomes of Samoan women in Hawaii

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-268

  Baruffi, Gigliola ^a   Kieffer, Edith C ^b   Alexander, Greg R ^c   Mor, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; SAMOA; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMOA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032818649     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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