Impact of increasing inter-pregnancy interval on maternal and infant health

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 239-258

  Wendt, Amanda ^a   Gibbs, Cassandra M ^b   Peters, Stacey ^b   Hogue, Carol J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early neonatal death; interpregnancy intervals; low birthweight; maternal morbidity; maternal mortality; maternal nutrition status; preterm; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTER PREGNANCY INTERVAL; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN DEATH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863106910     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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