Mechanisms underlying the associations of maternal age with adverse perinatal outcomes: A sibling study of 264 695 danish women and their firstborn offspring

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1205-1214

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Mortensen, Laust ^b   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maternal age; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age; Within sibling analyses

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH ORDER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

EID: 80755168344     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr084     Document Type: Article

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