Preterm birth and birthweight-for-gestational age among immigrant women in Denmark 1978-2007: a nationwide registry study

Grete S Pedersen; Laust H Mortensen; Mette Gerster; Janet Rich-Edwards; Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

doi:10.1111/ppe.12010

Preterm birth and birthweight-for-gestational age among immigrant women in Denmark 1978-2007: a nationwide registry study

Grete S Pedersen, Laust H Mortensen, Mette Gerster, Janet Rich-Edwards, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

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Abstract

We sought to examine whether age at immigration and length of residence were associated with preterm and small-for-gestational age (SGA) delivery among immigrant women in Denmark.

Original language	English
Journal	Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print)
Volume	26
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	534-42
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0269-5022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12010
Publication status	Published - 2012

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