Fetal growth restriction and maternal smoking in the Macedonian Roma population: A causality dilemma

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1131-1136

  Walfisch, Asnat ^a,b   Nikolovski, Sotir ^b,c   Talevska, Bilijana ^b,c   Hallak, Mordechai ^a  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c Clinical Hospital Dr Trifun Panovski   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Adverse perinatal outcome; Gypsies; Independent risk factors; Intra uterine growth restriction; Maternal ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MACEDONIA ROMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84878114847     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-2731-1     Document Type: Article

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