Perinatal outcomes among foreign-born and US-born Chinese Americans, 1995-2000

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Li, Qing ^a   Keith, Louis G ^b   Kirby, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Multivariable logistic regression; Nativity; Paternal race; Perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956059976     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9191-x     Document Type: Article

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