An international contrast of rates of placental abruption: an age-period-cohort analysis.

Although rare, placental abruption is implicated in disproportionately high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Understanding geographic and temporal variations may provide insights into possible amenable factors of abruption. We examined abruption frequencies by maternal age, delivery year,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cande V Ananth, Katherine M Keyes, Ava Hamilton, Mika Gissler, Chunsen Wu, Shiliang Liu, Miguel Angel Luque-Fernandez, Rolv Skjærven, Michelle A Williams, Minna Tikkanen, Sven Cnattingius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4446321?pdf=render