Higher risk for adverse obstetric outcomes among immigrants of African and Asian Descent: A comparison study at a low-risk maternity hospital in Norway

Birth

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-140

  Bakken, Kjersti S ^a,b   Skjeldal, Ola H ^c   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^b,d  

^a VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Country of origin; Immigrant; Low risk maternity hospital; Obstetric outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84929512593     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12165     Document Type: Article

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