Are domestic violence and the excessive use of alcohol risk factors for preterm birth?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-50

  Schoeman, Jeanne ^a,b   Grové, Debbie V ^a   Odendaal, Hein J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 15444380618     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh074     Document Type: Article

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