A case control study of the prevalence of perinatal complications associated with fetal macrosomia in Antigua and Barbuda

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-234

  Martin, T C ^a,b,c,d   Clarke, A ^a,b,c  

^a Holberton Hospital   (Antigua and Barbuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Woods Centre   (Antigua and Barbuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIGUA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142186163     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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