Severe maternal morbidity associated with maternal birthplace in three high-immigration settings

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 620-625

  Urquia, Marcelo L ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^b   Mortensen, Laust ^c   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^c   Small, Rhonda ^d   Davey, Mary Ann ^d   Rööst, Mattias ^e   Essén, Birgitta ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIGRANT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 84947648660     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku230     Document Type: Article

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