Life Course Variation in the Relation Between Maternal Marital Status and Preterm Birth

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-174

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b,c   Tracy, Melissa ^d   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Life Course; Marital Status; Maternal Age; Preterm Birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857440724     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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