Are there differences in the first stage of labor between black and white women?

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-237

  Tuuli, Methodius G ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Caughey, Aaron B ^b   Roehl, Kimberly ^a   Macones, George A ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black; labor progress; race; white

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR STAGE 1; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939886058     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382254     Document Type: Article

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