The effect of method and gestational age at termination of pregnancy on future obstetric and perinatal outcomes: A register-based cohort study in Aberdeen, Scotland

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 309-318

  Woolner, A ^a,b   Bhattacharya, S ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Soh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obstetric; perinatal; pregnancy; termination; termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM DELIVERY; UNITED KINGDOM; INDUCED ABORTION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; TIME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892681256     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12455     Document Type: Article

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