Newborn twin outcome predicted by maternal variables: Differentiation by term and sex

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Riese, Marilyn L ^a   Swift, Hallie M ^a   Barnes, Steffany L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0037321909     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203762687843     Document Type: Article

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