Age and racial/ethnic differences in maternal, fetal, and placental conditions in laboring patients

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1602-1608

  Gregory, Kimberly D ^a,b,c,d   Korst, Lisa M ^b,c   Lagrew Jr , David C ^e   Hickerson, Jess ^e   Jensen, Jeffrey ^e   Parer, Julian ^e  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b Health Services Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Public Health   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Age; Race ethnicity; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CODING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HERPES; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; LABOR; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0037662891     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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