Short and long interpregnancy intervals: Correlates and variations by pregnancy timing among U.S. women

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-26

  Cheslack Postava, Keely ^a   Winter, Alix S ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MINORITY GROUP; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84924855918     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/47e2615     Document Type: Article

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