Children having children: Outcome of extreme teenage pregnancies (13-15 years)

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1284-1287

  Papamicheal, Esther ^a   Pillai, Rekha ^b   Yoong, Wai ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme teenage pregnancy; Obstetric outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL AGE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449587594     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903229427     Document Type: Article

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