Characteristics of women giving birth at home in Sweden: A national register study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1366-1372

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd M ^a,b   Lindgren, Helena E ^a   Haglund, Bengt ^c,d   Rådestad, Ingela J ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control study; Home birth; Maternal characteristics; National registers

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750332509     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.050     Document Type: Article

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