Racial differences in prenatal care of mothers delivering very low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-78

  Paul, David A ^a,b   Locke, R ^a,b   Zook, K ^b   Leef, K H ^a   Stefano, J L ^a,b   Colmorgen, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Cesarean section; Prematurity; Steroids; Tocolysis

Indexed keywords

STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELAWARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646095270     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211428     Document Type: Article

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