Advanced Maternal Age and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: Evidence from a Large Contemporary Cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kenny, Louise C ^a   Lavender, Tina ^b   McNamee, Roseanne ^b   O'Neill, Sinéad M ^a   Mills, Tracey ^b   Khashan, Ali S ^a,b  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874266960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056583     Document Type: Article

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