Does low maternal blood pressure during pregnancy increase the risk of perinatal death?

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-622

  Chen, Aimin ^a   Basso, Olga ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547918286     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31812713e6     Document Type: Article

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