Does advanced maternal age confer a survival advantage to infants born at early gestation?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lisonkova, Sarka ^a   Paré, Emmanuelle ^a   Joseph, K S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Birth outcomes; Fetuses at risk; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875855673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-87     Document Type: Article

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