Risk of Preterm Birth According to Maternal and Paternal Country of Birth: A Population-Based Study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1053-1062

  Park, Alison L ^a,b   Urquia, Marcelo L ^a,b   Ray, Joel G ^a,b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Immigration; Maternal; Parental; Paternal; Premature birth; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GUYANA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; JAMAICA; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIGRANT; ONTARIO; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973420376     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30070-6     Document Type: Article

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