Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: A large population based retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-373

  Chen, Xi Kuan ^a   Wen, Shi Wu ^a   Fleming, Nathalie ^a   Demissie, Kitaw ^b   Rhoads, George G ^b   Walker, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Low birth weight; Neonatal mortality; Pre term delivery; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447330995     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl284     Document Type: Article

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