Mexican women in California: Differentials in maternal morbidity between foreign and US-born populations

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-481

  Guendelman, Sylvia ^a   Thornton, Dorothy ^a   Gould, Jeffrey ^b   Hosang, Nap ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Maternal morbidity; Mexican women; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33750042875     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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