Effect of the interval between pregnancies on perinatal outcomes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 589-594

  Zhu, Bao Ping ^a,b   Rolfs, Robert T ^a   Nangle, Barry E ^a   Horan, John M ^c  

^a UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH SPACING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTION; SIZE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 0033602072     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199902253400801     Document Type: Article

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