Is teenage pregnancy an obstetric risk in a welfare society? A population-based study in Finland, from 2006 to 2011

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Leppälahti, Suvi ^a   Gissler, Mika ^b   Mentula, Maarit ^a   Heikinheimo, Oskari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MISUSE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84885361990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003225     Document Type: Article

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