Investigation of the association of Apgar score with maternal socio-economic and biological factors: An analysis of German perinatal statistics

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Straube, Sebastian ^a   Voigt, Manfred ^b   Jorch, Gerhard ^c   Hallier, Ernst ^a   Briese, Volker ^d   Borchardt, Ulrike ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Perinatal Auxology   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Body mass index; Maternal age; Parity; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956475435     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1217-7     Document Type: Article

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