Pregnancy outcomes of Southeast Asian immigrant pregnant women compared with Thai pregnant women in Rajavithi hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-151

  Phadungkiatwattana, Podjanee ^a   Rujiwetpongstorn, Jittima ^a   Tansathit, Thitinan ^a   Srisantiroj, Nattinee ^a  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Outcomes; Pregnancy; Southeast Asian; Thai

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952341785     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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