Maternal health prior to pregnancy and preterm birth among urban, low income black women in Baltimore: The Baltimore preterm birth study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Orr, Suezanne T ^a   Reiter, Jerome P ^b   James, Sherman A ^b   Orr, Caroline A ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84861678346     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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