Effect of interpregnancy interval on risk of spontaneous preterm birth in Emirati women, United Arab Emirates

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 871-875

  Al Jasmi, Fatima ^a   Al Mansoor, Fatima ^b   Alsheiba, Aisha ^c   Carter, Anne O ^a   Carter, Thomas P ^a   Moshaddeque Hossain, M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Khalifa Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Birth intervals; Case control studies; Causality; Confounding factors (Epidemiology); Labor, Premature etiology; Risk factors; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0036438510     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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