Impact of maternal age on birth outcomes: A population-based study of primiparous Brazilian women in the city of São Paulo

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-535

  Machado, Carla Jorge ^a  

^a UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746741237     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026660     Document Type: Article

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