Birth outcomes and risk factors in adolescent pregnancies: Results of a Taiwanese national survey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-452

  Kuo, Ching Pyng ^a,b   Lee, Shu Hsin ^a,b   Wu, Wei Ya ^a,b   Liao, Wen Chun ^a   Lin, Shio Jean ^c   Lee, Meng Chih ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Birth cohort; Birth outcome; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953646799     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02979.x     Document Type: Article

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