Epidemiologic risk factors for preterm delivery

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1115-1117

  Eliyahu, Shlomo ^a   Weiner, Ehud ^a   Nachum, Zohar ^a   Shalev, Eliezer ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnicity; Kibbutz; Parity; Preterm delivery; Town; Village

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OBSTETRICS;

NEONATAL MORBIDITY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036911310     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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