Paternal race/ethnicity and very low birth weight

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fulda, Kimberly G ^a   Kurian, Anita K ^b   Balyakina, Elizabeth ^c   Moerbe, Micky M ^b  

^a University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b Tarrant County Public Health Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Maternal and child health; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PATERNITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RACE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 84925442881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0385-z     Document Type: Article

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