Open AccessMaternal attitude toward pregnancy and the risk of neonatal death.
Author(s) -
Muhammad Nadjib Bustan,
Ann L. Coker
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.3.411
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , abortion , obstetrics , fertility , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , infant mortality , demography , population , environmental health , genetics , surgery , pathology , sociology , biology
Reduced options for fertility control over the past decade have increased the rates of unwanted pregnancy. We evaluated whether a woman's negative attitude toward her pregnancy increased the risk of perinatal mortality, in a large, prospective cohort study.