Is fetal gender associated with emergency department visits for asthma during pregnancy?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Baibergenova, Akerke ^a,b   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Levine, Mitchell ^a,b   Gafni, Amiram ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department visit; Fetal gender; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GENDER; GENDER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646774318     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600622984     Document Type: Article

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