Induced abortion and low birthweight in the following pregnancy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Zhou, Weijin ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,c   Olsen, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Induced abortion; Interpregnancy interval; Low birthweight; Register linkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0033997931     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.100     Document Type: Article

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