Epidural analgesia during labor among immigrant women in Sweden

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Ekéus, Cecilia ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^b   Hjern, Anders ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EDA; Immigration; Register study; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; TURKEY (BIRD); VAGINAL DELIVERY; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PAIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 76449099520     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903508668     Document Type: Article

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