Consanguinity and Apnea of Prematurity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 942-946

  Tamim, Hala ^a   Khogali, Mustafa ^a   Beydoun, Hind ^b   Melki, Imad ^c   Yunis, Khalid ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Social Statistics Section   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Apnea; Consanguinity; Infant, premature

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONSANGUINITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MARRIAGE;

APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0242611416     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg226     Document Type: Article

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