The association between body weight, unintended pregnancy resulting in a livebirth, and contraception at the time of conception

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-420

  Brunner Huber, Larissa R ^a,b   Hogue, Carol J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pregnancy; Reproductive health; Unintended pregnancy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644753910     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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