Impact of maternal age on preterm delivery and low birthweight: A hospital-based collaborative study of nulliparous Lebanese women in Greater Beirut

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-235

  Beydoun, Hind ^a,b   Itani, Mohammad ^c,g   Tamim, Hala ^a   Aaraj, Alia ^d   Yunis, Khalid ^a   Alameh, Mona ^e   Chedid, Philip ^c   Chokr, Imad ^f   Khogali, Mustafa ^a   Melki, Imad ^h   Nassif, Fadallah ⁱ   Nassif, Yolla ^j   Rajab, Mariam ^k   Wakim, Gerard ^l  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Social Statistics Section   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d Al Rassoul Al Aazam Hospital   (Lebanon)

^e Sahel General Hospital   (Lebanon)

^f Middle East Hospital Beirut   (Lebanon)

^g Najjar Hospital   (Lebanon)

^h SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

ⁱ ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j St Georges Hospital

^k MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^l RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEBANON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16544388605     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211064     Document Type: Article

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