Role of race in the seasonality of deliveries with preeclampsia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 674-676

  Bullock, Nicole ^a   Breese McCoy, Sarah J ^a   Payton, Mark E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREECLAMPSIA; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80052615679     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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