Racial/ethnic differences in preterm perinatal outcomes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 306.e1-306.e12

  Wallace, Maeve E ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Kim, Sung Soo ^a   Epps, Nikira ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Smarr, Melissa ^a   Hinkle, Stefanie N ^a   Zhu, Yeyi ^a   Grantz, Katherine L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

intracranial hemorrhage; intraventricular hemorrhage; necrotizing enterocolitis; neonatal death; perinatal death; preterm birth; respiratory distress syndrome; retinopathy of prematurity; sepsis; transient tachypnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85019913128     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.11.1026     Document Type: Article

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