Adolescence as risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome in central Africa - a cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kurth, Florian ^a,b,c   Bélard, Sabine ^a,c,d   Mombo Ngoma, Ghyslain ^a,c,e   Schuster, Katharina ^a,c,e   Adegnika, Ayola A ^a,c,f   Bouyou Akotet, Marielle K ^e   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,c   Ramharter, Michael ^a,c,g  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; AFRICA; GABON; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650891903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014367     Document Type: Article

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