Toxaemia of pregnancy and risk of mortality in later life: Evidence from the royal college of general practitioners' oral contraception study

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-197

  Iversen, Lisa ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort; Mortality; Preeclampsia; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PARITY; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 77950829401     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641950902968643     Document Type: Article

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