Obstetrical intervention and the singleton preterm birth rate in the United States from 1991-2006

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2241-2247

  MacDorman, Marian F ^a   Declercq, Eugene ^b   Zhang, Jun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR INDUCTION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RACE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958163830     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.180570     Document Type: Article

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