Associations of maternal age- and parity-related factors with trends in low-birthweight rates: United States, 1980 through 2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 856-861

  Yang, Quanhe ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b   Flanders, W Dana ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DELAY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646244015     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.049312     Document Type: Article

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