Monthly variation in preeclampsia prevalence: Washington State, 1987-2001

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Rudra, Carole B ^a,b   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificate; Periodicity; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CALCULATION; CODING; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; PARITY; PERIODICITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 30344479433     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500275838     Document Type: Article

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