Maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with gestational diabetes in women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Western Australia

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-377

  Von Katterfeld, B ^a,b   Li, J ^a,c   McNamara, B ^d   Langridge, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Immigration; Maternal outcomes; Neonatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LINGUISTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863170311     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03483.x     Document Type: Article

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