Are there ethnic disparities in risk of preterm birth among infants born with congenital heart defects?

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 754-764

  Nembhard, Wendy N ^a   Salemi, Jason L ^a,b   Hauser, Kimberlea W ^b   Kornosky, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Birth weight; Black infants; Congenital heart defects; Fetal growth; Preterm birth; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37249027325     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20411     Document Type: Article

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