Immigrants present improved obstetric and neonatal outcomes compared to native women. A Northern Greek population analysis

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-254

  Margioula Siarkou, Chrysoula ^a   Petousis, Stamatios ^a   Kalogiannidis, Ioannis ^a   Dagklis, Themistoklis ^a   Traianos, Vasilios ^a   Goutzioulis, Michalis ^a   Prapas, Nikos ^a   Agorastos, Theodoros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Natives; Neonatal morbidity; Obstetric outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84882868421     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9727-y     Document Type: Article

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