The present study demonstrated that air pollution is an independent risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, and lower SEP at both individual and area-levels was associated with the increased occurrence of adverse birth outcomes.
Race/ethnicity of mother was an important predictor of birth outcomes and a strong confounder for both area-based SEM and indices of physical environment.
The association between adverse birth outcomes and prenatal care indicators irrespective of income area was estimated using nonparametric Spearman correlation.
To review the effect of assisted human reproduction (AHR) on perinatal outcomes, to identify areas requiring further research with regard to birth outcomes and AHR, and to provide guidelines to optimize obstetrical management and counselling of prospective Canadian parents.
We examined the relationship between birth outcomes and exposure to air pollution in > 2,000 mother child pairs in four different areas of Spain.
to examine the relationship between attitudes towards home birth and birth outcomes, and whether women's attitudes towards birth and intervention affected this relationship.
Centering Pregnancy leads to improved birth outcomes and has been shown to nearly eliminate racial disparities in preterm birth.
Results showed a positive impact on birth outcomes and child mortality.
Birth outcomes and infant growth.
Birth outcomes and other variables.
