Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth – findings from a stillbirth case-control study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 254-262

  Heazell, A E P ^a,b   Li, M ^c   Budd, J ^a,b   Thompson, J M D ^c   Stacey, T ^d   Cronin, R S ^c   Martin, B ^e   Roberts, D ^f   Mitchell, E A ^c   McCowan, L M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

maternal sleep position; modifiable risk factors; sleep duration; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NIGHT SLEEP; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SUPINE POSITION; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; STATE MEDICINE; STILLBIRTH; SUPINE POSITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85034234455     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14967     Document Type: Article

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