Is Young Maternal Age Really a Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in a Canadian Tertiary Referral Hospital?

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 218-222

  Shrim, Alon ^a   Ates, Senem ^a   Mallozzi, Angela ^a   Brown, Richard ^a   Ponette, Vincent ^a   Levin, Ishai ^b   Shehata, Fady ^a   Almog, Benny ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome; Teenage pregnancy; Tertiary center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955181109     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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