Very advanced maternal age and morbidity in Victoria, Australia: A population based study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Carolan, Mary C ^a   Davey, Mary Ann ^b,c   Biro, Maryanne ^d   Kealy, Michelle ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Clinical Councils Unit   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Low birth weight; Perinatal death; Preterm birth; Very advanced maternal age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VERY ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84875314595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-80     Document Type: Article

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