Risk factors for preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age birth in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Panaretto, Katie ^a   Lee, Heather ^b   Mitchell, Melvina ^b   Larkins, Sarah ^a   Manessis, Vivienne ^b   Buettner, Petra ^a   Watson, David ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RATE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646234719     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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