Lack of prenatal care: An independent risk factor for perinatal mortality among macrosomic newborns

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-514

  Dickstein, Yaakov ^a   Ohel, Iris ^a   Levy, Amalia ^a   Holcberg, Gershon ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fetal macrosomia; Lack of prenatal care; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42649127118     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0510-6     Document Type: Article

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