Ethnic differences in maternal risk factors and infant outcomes in Canadian high-risk births

Perinatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Claydon, Jennifer E ^a,d   Mitton, Craig ^a   Sankaran, Koravangattu ^b   Lee, Shoo K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEGRO; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 34548810450     PISSN: 09722408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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