Are there ethnic differences in the length of labor?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-748

  Greenberg, Mara B ^a   Cheng, Yvonne W ^a   Hopkins, Linda M ^a   Stotland, Naomi E ^a   Bryant, Allison S ^a   Caughey, Aaron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Length of labor; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LABOR; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747893346     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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