Racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of placenta previa

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 260-264

  Kim, L H ^a   Caughey, A B ^b   Laguardia, J C ^c   Escobar, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

placenta previa; race and ethnicity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84859424982     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.86     Document Type: Article

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