Journal article
Pregnancies in Young Adolescent Mothers: A Population-Based Study on 37 Million Births
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Pregnancy in young adolescents is often understudied. The objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of young maternal age on adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based cohort study using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Linked Birth-Infant Death and Fetal Death data on all births in the US between 1995 and 2004. We excluded all births of gestational age under 24 weeks …
Authors
Malabarey OT; Balayla J; Klam SL; Shrim A; Abenhaim HA
Journal
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 98–102
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.jpag.2011.09.004
ISSN
1083-3188