Social determinants of birthweight, ponderal index and gestational age in Sweden in the 1920s and the 1980s

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Vagero D ^b   Koupilova I ^c   Leon, D A ^c   Lithell, U B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Birthweight; Ponderal index; Preterm birth; Social factors; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0001202392     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950169855     Document Type: Article

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