Birth records from Swiss married couples analyzed over the past 35 years reveal an aging of first-time mothers by 5.1 years while the interpregnancy interval has shortened

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2072-2073

  Kalberer, Urs ^a   Baud, David ^a   Fontanet, Arnaud ^b   Hohlfeld, Patrick ^a   de Ziegler, Dominique ^a,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Université Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aging; delaying childbearing; fertile couples; interpregnancy interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70949100985     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.078     Document Type: Article

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