Inadequate prenatal care utilization and risks of infant mortality and poor birth outcome: A retrospective analysis of 28,729,765 U.S. deliveries over 8 years

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 787-793

  Partridge, Sarah ^a   Balayla, Jacques ^a   Holcroft, Christina A ^a   Abenhaim, Haim A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

infant mortality; population characteristics; pregnancy outcome; prenatal care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867879213     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316439     Document Type: Article

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