Quantifying the impact of deprivation on preterm births: A retrospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a   Agarwal, Umber ^b   Diggle, Peter J ^c   Platt, Mary Jane ^d   Yoxall, Bill ^b   Alfirevic, Zarko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79961079483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023163     Document Type: Article

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