Risk of miscarriage among black women and white women in a us prospective cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1271-1278

  Mukherjee, Sudeshna ^b   Velez Edwards, Digna R ^b   Baird, Donna D ^b   Savitz, David A ^b   Hartmann, Katherine E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

disparity; miscarriage; pregnancy; prospective cohort; race; reproductive epidemiology

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RACE; ULTRASONICS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

DISPARITY; MISCARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE COHORT; RACE; REPRODUCTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878575943     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws393     Document Type: Article

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