Are preterm birth and intra-uterine growth restriction more common in Western Australian children of immigrant backgrounds? A population based data linkage study

• Main Authors: Ifrah Abdullahi (Author), Kingsley Wong (Author), Emma Glasson (Author), Raewyn Mutch (Author), Nicholas de Klerk (Author), Jenny Downs (Author), Sarah Cherian (Author), Helen Leonard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To compare the prevalence of preterm birth, post term birth, intra-uterine growth restriction and distribution of Apgar scores in offspring of foreign-born women in Western Australia with that of their Australian-born non-Indigenous and Indigenous counterparts. Methods A populati...