Risk of stillbirth following a cesarean delivery: Black-white disparity

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-390

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Sharma, Puza P ^a   Kristensen, Sibylle ^a   Blot, Cassandra ^a   Alio, Amina P ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; ANAMNESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CESAREAN SECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33645453327     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000195103.46999.32     Document Type: Article

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