Serious Preeclampsia Among Different Immigrant Groups

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-352

  Urquia, Marcelo L ^a,b   Ying, Ivan ^c   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b   Berger, Howard ^a   De Souza, Leanne R ^a   Ray, Joel G ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Immigration; Length of stay; LIDS Landed Immigrant Data System; PET preeclampsia; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Prematurity; Race; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARIBBEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863780588     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35215-X     Document Type: Article

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