Motor vehicle accidents during pregnancy: A population-based study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Vivian Taylor, J ^a   Roberts, C L ^a,b   Chen, J S ^a   Ford, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; motor vehicle accidents; population based; pregnancy; pregnancy complications; road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MEDICAL RECORDS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863165509     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03226.x     Document Type: Article

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