Pregnancy spacing among women delaying initiation of childbearing

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-684

  Nabukera, Sarah K ^a   Wingate, Martha Slay ^b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^c   Owen, John ^d   Swaminathan, Shailender ^e   Alexander, Greg R ^c   Kirby, Russell S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed childbearing; Interpregnancy interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349101598     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0793-2     Document Type: Article

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