Trends in birth across high-parity groups by race/ethnicity and maternal age

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 799-804

  Aliyu, Muktar H ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Keith, Louis G ^b   Ehiri, John E ^a   Islam, M Aminul ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility patterns; Maternal age; Race ethnicity; Singletons; Trends; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEGRO; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH RATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20344405726     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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