High parity and adverse birth outcomes: Exploring the maze

Birth

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-59

  Aliyu, Muktar H ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Ehiri, John E ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMBASE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCISEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH;

FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14044254165     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2005.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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