Racial and ethnic disparities in preterm births in infants conceived by in vitro fertilization in the United States

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128.e1-128.e6

  Xiong, Xu ^a   Pridjian, Gabriella ^b   Dickey, Richard P ^c,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fertility Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; in vitro fertilization; preterm birth; race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880919636     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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