Objectives Population-based analysis to compare perinatal outcome between immigrant
women and women from the Western industrialized world (WIW). Methods Singleton …

Abstract Background In Germany, regular immigrants and their descendants have legal and
financial access to health care equal to the general citizenry. Nonetheless, some of their …

Background: Although socioeconomic disparities adversely affect health, studies referring to
the “healthy immigrant effect” imply more favorable health outcomes in immigrants than …

Background About 20% of the population in Germany has a migration background (1st
generation: immigrated themselves; 2nd generation: offspring of immigrants), which can be …

Background Immigration plays a major role in obstetrics in Austria, and about 18% of the
Austrian population are immigrants. Therefore, we aimed to (1) test the feasibility of a …

To compare the incidence of obstetric and neonatal outcomes between native and
immigrant women. A retrospective cohort of singleton pregnancies was conducted …

Abstract Background/Aim: European societies are facing a wave of incoming immigrants and
the needs of a new multiethnic obstetrical population. It remains controversial whether native …

Objective. To explore the role of utilization of prenatal care on the risk for stillbirth among
women with migration background in Germany by comparing stillbirth rates of women from …

Please cite this paper as: Urquia M, Frank J, Moineddin R, Glazier R. Immigrants' duration of
residence and adverse birth outcomes: a population‐based study. BJOG 2010; 117: 591 …

Objective To compare fetal and infant mortality between immigrant and native-born mothers
in Flanders, Belgium. Methods In a population-based study, data from 326 166 neonatal …