Maternal negative attitudes towards pregnancy as an independent risk factor for low birthweight

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-444

  Suzuki, Kohta ^a   Minai, Junko ^a   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Low birthweight; Pregnancy; Psychological attitude; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 34547670082     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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