Maternal age and fetal loss: Population based register linkage study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7251, 2000, Pages 1708-1712

  Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Christens, Peter ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; DENMARK; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034709737     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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