Disparities in maternal hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina, 1994-2003

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 579-587

  Miranda, Marie Lynn ^a   Swamy, Geeta K ^b   Edwards, Sharon ^a   Maxson, Pamela ^a   Gelfand, Alan ^a   James, Sherman ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955590525     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500413     Document Type: Article

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