Miscarriage, preterm delivery, and stillbirth: Large variations in rates within a cohort of australian women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hure, Alexis J ^a   Powers, Jennifer R ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b   Herbert, Danielle L ^b   Byles, Julie E ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84861322261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037109     Document Type: Article

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