Paternal Race/Ethnicity and Birth Outcomes
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Missing paternal data and adverse birth outcomes in Canada.
BACKGROUND Research on predictors of birth outcomes tends to focus on maternal characteristics. Less is known about the role of paternal factors. Missing paternal data on administrative records may be a marker for risk of adverse birth outcomes. DATA AND METHODS Analyses were performed on a cohort of births that occurred from May 16, 2004 through May 15, 2006, which was created by linking bir...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2007.117127