The Rise in Multiple Births in the United States: Who, What, When, Where, and Why

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-133

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Martin, Joyce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842536520     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200403000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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