Racial disparity in previable birth This study was an oral presentation at the 82nd annual meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Oct. 21-24, 2015, Charleston, SC

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 394.e1-394.e7

  DeFranco, Emily A ^a,b   Hall, Eric S ^a   Muglia, Louis J ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prematurity; preterm birth; previable birth; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OHIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; LIVE BIRTH; MARITAL STATUS; OHIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959449437     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.12.034     Document Type: Article

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