Ethnicity and birth outcome: New Zealand trends 1980-2001. Part 1. Introduction, methods, results and overview

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 530-536

  Craig, Elizabeth D ^a   Mantell, Colin D ^a   Ekeroma, Alec J ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^a   Mitchell, Ed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Fetal death; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME;

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 11344280436     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Review

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