Adverse birth outcomes among pregnancies of teen mothers: Age-specific analysis of national data in Taiwan

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Chen, C W ^a   Tsai, C Y ^b   Sung, F C ^c   Lee, Y Y ^d   Lu, T H ^e   Li, C Y ^f   Ko, M C ^g  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Low birthweight; Pregnancy; Preterm; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 76349120177     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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