The risk factors for unexplained antepartum stillbirths in Scotland, 1994 to 2003

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Sutan, R ^a   Campbell, D ^b   Prescott, G J ^b   Smith, W C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Maternal height; Nullipara; Screening; Singleton; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951877227     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.158     Document Type: Article

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