Ethnic disparities in the risk of adverse neonatal outcome after spontaneous preterm birth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1402-1408

  Schaaf, Jelle M ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a   Abu Hanna, Ameen ^a   Ravelli, Anita C J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; neonatal morbidity; neonatal mortality; perinatal outcome; race; spontaneous preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 84870915533     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12013     Document Type: Article

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