Congenital Syphilis: Identification of Two Distinct Profiles of Maternal Characteristics Associated with Risk

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-37

  Lago, Eleonor G ^a,d   Rodrigues, Laura C ^b   Fiori, Renato M ^a   Stein, Airton T ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0347417001     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000105003.72411.FB     Document Type: Article

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