Variations in prevalence of hyperemesis gravidarum by country of birth: A study of 900,074 pregnancies in Norway, 1967—2005

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Vikanes, Ase ^a   Grjibovski, Andrej M ^b   Magnus, Per ^b   Vangen, Siri ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hyperemesis gravidarum; immigrants; Norway; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SRI LANKA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40549131316     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085189     Document Type: Article

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