Explaining the low risk of preterm birth among Arab Americans in the United States: An analysis of 617451 births

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b   Galea, Sandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Birth outcomes; Ethnicity; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARAB; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE EAST; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149180450     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1634     Document Type: Article

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