Re-evaluation of link between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes: Retrospective cohort study matching two intervals per mother

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ball, Stephen J ^a   Pereira, Gavin ^a,b   Jacoby, Peter ^a   Klerk, Nicholasde ^a   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TIME TO PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH INTERVALS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904568395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4333     Document Type: Article

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