Preterm and postterm birth in immigrant- and Swedish-born parents: a population register-based study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 435-447

  Khanolkar, Amal R ^a,b,d   Wedrén, Sara ^b   Essén, Birgitta ^c   Sparén, Pär ^b   Koupil, Ilona ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Immigrant; Perinatal; Postterm birth; Preterm birth; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EAST ASIAN; ERITREAN; ETHIOPIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIAN; SWEDEN; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84930630177     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9986-0     Document Type: Article

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