The impact of migration on pregnancy outcomes among Mexican-origin women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 377-384

  Hessol, Nancy A ^a,b   Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Mexican origin; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904717484     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9760-x     Document Type: Article

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