The Washington State Intergenerational Study of Birth Outcomes: Methodology and some comparisons of maternal birthweight and infant birthweight and gestation in four ethnic groups

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-371

  Emanuel, Irvin ^a,c   Leisenring, Wendy ^e   Williams, Michelle A ^a,e   Kimpo, Christy ^a   Estee, Sharon ^d   O'Brien, William ^a   Hale, Christiane B ^b  

^a Schools of Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRICS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032839089     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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