Obstetric performance of ethnic Kosovo Albanian asylum seekers in London: A case-control study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 510-512

  Yoong, W ^a   Wagley, A ^a   Fong, C ^a   Chukwuma, C ^a   Nauta, M ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBANIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSTRUMENTATION; LABOR; LANGUAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRATION; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ALBANIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONDON; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 4544311997     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001722527     Document Type: Article

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