Morbidity risk at birth for asian indian small for gestational age infants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 820-822

  Lee, Henry Chong ^a,b   Ramachandran, Pramela ^a,b   Madan, Ashima ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951217672     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.165001     Document Type: Article

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