Assessment of risk factors for stillbirth among pregnant women in Jamaica

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 750-755

  Del Rosario, Gelen R ^a   Lewis, Terri ^a   Irons, Beryl ^c   Campbell Forrester, Sheila ^c   Weiss, Heidi L ^b   Jolly, Pauline E ^a,d  

^a Affiliated Faculty Global Institute of Public Health   (United States)

^b Baylor Family Medicine   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10444266616     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014436104100009428     Document Type: Article

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