Pregnancy outcomes in urban teenagers

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-122

  Chandra, P C ^a   Schiavello, H J ^a   Ravi, B ^a   Weinstein, A G ^a   Hook, F B ^a  

^a WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Pregnancy; Teenage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036846469     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00240-0     Document Type: Article

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