Short stature, smoking habits and birth outcome in international adoptees in Sweden

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1309-1314

  Ekéus, Cecilia ^a   Lindblad, Frank ^b,c   Hjern, Anders ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instrumental delivery; International adoption; Perinatal complication; Pregnancy complication

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN;

ADOPTION; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 57449104759     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802499279     Document Type: Article

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