Influence of inter-pregnancy interval on preterm delivery

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 248-252

  Arafa, Mostafa A ^a,c   Alkhouly, Alaa ^b   Youssef, Manal E ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY INTERVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3342984715     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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