Mika Gissler

..To study the current legislation and trends in terminations of pregnancy in the European Union (EU)...

..Women (n = 2,849) with OASR were compared in terms of possible risk factors to women without OASR using stepwise logistic regression analysis...

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..Socioeconomic differences in perinatal health decreased in Finland in the late 1990s. Whether the decreasing socioeconomic differences in perinatal health observed in Finland in the late 1990s have continued in 2000-6 was studied...

..Socioeconomic position inequalities in infant mortality are well known, but there is less information on how child mortality is socially patterned by sex and age...

..Some, though not all studies have reported an increased risk for mental health problems after an induced abortion. Problems with design and data have compromised these studies and the generalisation of their results...

..To improve international comparisons, stillbirth definitions should be standardised and a short list of causes of fetal and infant deaths should be developed...

..The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in child and adolescent mortality by age and cohort in four Nordic countries over a 20-year period...

..In conclusion, maternal background and perinatal factors may play a role in the development of CMA, but further research is needed to clarify these associations and the underpinning biologic mechanisms...

..Although more common with male fetuses, outcomes have not been evaluated by sex. Our aim was to find out whether short-term morbidity differs by infant sex in cases with placental abruption and in controls...

..The main causes to maternal death are thromboembolism and obstetric hemorrhage. Deaths to placental abruption are rare, but still seven times higher than the overall MMR...

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..To reveal sexual risk behaviour over time and to explore the associations of sexual risk behaviour, HIV-testing and socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics, including alcohol and drug use among young men...

..If possible, pregnancies not ending in a live birth should be included in the data linkages...

..private) and to discuss how fairly the IVF resources are allocated in Finland...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of delivery on problems in subsequent births...

..The objective of the study was to characterize women undergoing a termination of pregnancy (TOP) during the second trimester and to evaluate the risk factors and timing of repeat TOP...

..We examined the occurrence of serious complications and miscarriages leading to hospitalization or operation after IVF (including microinjections and frozen embryo transfers) and OI treatment (with or without insemination)...

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..This may be an important explanation of the relatively low, compared to international rates, and stable cesarean section rates in Finland...

..In conclusion, perinatal factors play a role in the development of asthma in childhood, but the etiology may differ in early and late-onset asthma...

..To study the health of children born after ovulation induction (OI)...

..The majority of new Down's syndrome cases occurred in the group having older women (61.1%), even though 35 years is the arbitrary threshold...

..The aim of this study is to compare the access to and use of maternity services, and their outcomes among ethnic minority women having a singleton birth in Finland...

..The relatively good outcome of children whose mothers were born in Finland but who had given birth in Sweden can partly be explained by the healthy migrant effect...

..Early childhood healthcare utilization, mortality and welfare interventions were studied among children of mothers with identified gestational alcohol and/or substance abuse...

..Only few studies have been carried out on the relationship between pregnancy and deaths from external causes...

..A register-based retrospective case-control study to investigate the long-term morbidity, mortality, and welfare among women with alcohol and/or substance misuse identified during pregnancy...

..The collection of information on infertility treatments is important for the surveillance of potential health consequences and to monitor service provision...

..The immediate outcome was best for breech or vertex infants born through elective CSs...

..Delivery after the CIN surgery did not decrease the overall cancer risk. In conclusion, women previously treated for CIN have an increased long-term risk of cancers related to human papillomavirus (HPV) and smoking...

..Additional studies are needed to explain the poorer health of in vitro fertilization singletons, as well as follow-up studies to examine the health of in vitro fertilization children from 4 years onward...

..Our aim was to study the availability, feasibility and comparability of the reproductive health indicators and to illustrate whether cross-country comparisons are feasible for pinpointing areas of concern and future research...

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..Such adverse pregnancy outcomes can occur a decade or more after cancer diagnosis, indicating a continued need for obstetric awareness, surveillance and counseling in former patients with cancer...

..There are studies which show that some migrant groups have similar or even better outcomes than those from the receiving country. Equally, raised risk of adverse outcomes for other migrant groups has been reported...

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..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether perinatal health outcomes changed during the 1990s with the increasing use of IVF...

..To estimate the risk of major congenital anomalies after exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy...

..The maintenance of health registers has become routine. The main prerequisite for their use is that registers be complete and that their contents correspond to reality...

..To study whether loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) conization is associated with preterm birth and to study the effect of cone size on preterm birth...

..To study the risk of children to mothers with alcohol and/or substance abuse related problems for early childhood out-of-home care in Finland...

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..Radial ray deficiency, ulnar ray deficiency, central ray deficiency, transverse arrest, phocomelia, undergrowth, and constriction band syndrome with skeletal defects were evaluated...