Somali women and their pregnancy outcomes postmigration: Data from six receiving countries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1630-1640

  Small, Rhonda ^a   Gagnon, A ^b   Gissler, M ^c,d   Zeitlin, J ^e,f   Bennis, M ^g   Glazier, R H ^h,m   Haelterman, E ^i,j   Martens, G ^k   McDermott, S ^l   Urquia, M ^m   Vangen, S ⁿ  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

ⁱ De Bruxelles Capitale   (Belgium)

^j SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k Studiecentrum Voor Perinatale Epidemiologie (SPE)   (Belgium)

^l PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Caesarean section; Migration; Pregnancy outcomes; Somali; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN DEATH; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84947648689     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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