Racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes in obese women

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-126

  Marshall, Nicole E ^a,d   Guild, Camelia ^b   Cheng, Yvonne W ^c   Caughey, Aaron B ^a   Halloran, Donna R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Perinatal outcomes; Race; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MISSOURI; OBESITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890445333     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.806478     Document Type: Article

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