Obesity subtypes and risk of spontaneous versus medically indicated preterm births in singletons and twins

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   Lynch, O'Neil ^c   Alio, Amina P ^a   Liu, Jihong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Obstetric labor, premature; Premature birth; Twins

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MISSOURI; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849100456     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn092     Document Type: Article

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