Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among Foreign-Born Canadians

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Shah, Rajiv R ^a   Ray, Joel G ^a   Taback, Nathan ^b   Meffe, Filomena ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Ethnicity; Immigration; Low birth weight; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEONATAL OUTCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961224446     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34821-6     Document Type: Article

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