Does air travel affect pregnancy outcome?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-277

  Freeman, Mala ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Spong, Catherine Y ^a   Tchabo, Nana ^a   Bannon, Patricia Z ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air travel; Anemia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; AVIATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 2442693919     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0579-5     Document Type: Review

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