Sex of the first-born and risk of preterm birth in the subsequent pregnancy

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-332

  Mortensen, Laust H ^a,b   Nielsen, Henriette Svarre ^c   Cnattingius, Sven ^d   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955073803     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31820e8600     Document Type: Article

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