Risk of low birth weight associated with advanced maternal age among four ethnic groups in the United States

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Khoshnood, Babak ^a,b   Wall, Stephen ^a   Lee, Kwang Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Delayed childbearing; Ethnicity; Low birth weight; Maternal age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21444456524     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-2446-4     Document Type: Article

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