Delayed childbearing and its impact on population rate changes in lower birth weight, multiple birth, and preterm delivery

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-403

  Tough, Suzanne C ^a   Newburn Cook, Christine ^b   Johnston, David W ^c   Svenson, Lawrence W ^b   Rose, Sarah ^a   Belik, Jaques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Early gestation; Low birth weight; Premature infants; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TWINS;

ADULT; ALBERTA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036179164     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.3.399     Document Type: Article

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