Ethnic differences in the monthly variation of preeclampsia among Bedouin and Jewish parturients in the Negev

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Shental, Omri ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Ethnicity; Jewish; Month; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WINTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; RISK; SEASON;

ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 77955116831     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641950902968692     Document Type: Article

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