Placenta previa: Its relationship with race and the country of origin among Asian women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 612-616

  Yang, Qiuying ^a,b,c   Wu Wen, Shi ^a,b   Caughey, Sharon ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^b   Sun, Luming ^b   Walker, Mark C ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Country of origin; Excess risk; Odds ratio; Placenta previa; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; INDIAN; JAPANESE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ASIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849126472     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802071037     Document Type: Article

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