Perinatal outcomes for Asian, native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander mothers of single and multiple race/ethnicity: California and Hawaii, 2003-2005

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-887

  Schempf, Ashley H ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Hamilton, Brady E ^a   Hayes, Donald K ^b   Makuc, Diane M ^a  

^a National Centers for Health Statistics   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951226515     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177345     Document Type: Article

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