Maternal prepregnancy underweight and risk of early and late stillbirth in black and white gravidas

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-587

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   Mbah, Alfred K ^a   Alio, Amina P ^a   Lynch, O'Neil ^a   Wathington, Deanna ^a   Kornosky, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Health disparities; Obstetrics gynecology; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 67650511368     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30944-5     Document Type: Article

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