An exploratory study of the variables impacting preterm birth rates in New Mexico

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gwin, Kara M ^a   Schrader, Ronald ^a   Peters, Kimberley ^b   Moreno, Armida ^a   Thiel, Kristina W ^c   Leslie, Kimberly K ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health of the State of New Mexico ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Maternal age; Prenatal care; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MARITAL STATUS; NEW MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862488967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-53     Document Type: Article

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