Time-to-pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in a South African population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bello, Braimoh ^a,b   Kielkowski, Danuta ^c,d   Heederik, Dick ^b   Wilson, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956694190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-565     Document Type: Article

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