Pre-pregnancy predictors linked to miscarriage among aboriginal and torres strait islander women in north Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Campbell, Sandra ^a   Lynch, John ^a,b   Esterman, Adrian ^a   McDermott, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Miscarriage; Pre pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655147372     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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