Stillbirth and infant death among generations of Pakistani immigrant descent: A population-based study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-174

  Sørbye, Ingvil K ^a   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^b,c   Sundby, Johanne ^d   Daltveit, Anne K ^b,c   Vangen, Siri ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

country of birth; country of origin; generations; immigrants; infant death; neonatology; Pakistan; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

COUNTRY OF BIRTH; COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; GENERATIONS; IMMIGRANTS; INFANT DEATH; NEONATOLOGY; PAKISTAN; STILLBIRTH;

COHORT STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84892792624     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12303     Document Type: Article

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