Birth outcomes of foreign-born, native-born, and mixed couples in Sweden

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-130

  Urquia, Marcelo L ^a,b,d   Qiao, Yao ^c   Ray, Joel G ^a,b,d   Liu, Can ^e   Hjern, Anders ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apgar score; birthweight; father; immigration; newborn; perinatal; preterm delivery; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; EAST AFRICAN; EAST ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH ASIAN; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 84923549729     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12179     Document Type: Article

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