Prenatal care and risk of preterm birth among foreign and US-born mothers in Michigan

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-235

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b,c   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Foreign; Marriage; Nativity; Prenatal care; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860837853     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9458-5     Document Type: Article

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