The association between maternal education and postneonatal mortality. Trends in Norway, 1968-1991

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 578-584

  Arntzen, A ^a,c   Moum, T ^b   Magnus, P ^a   Bakketeig, L S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Dept of Behav Sciences in Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maternal educational level; Postneonatal mortality; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MOTHERS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MATERNAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY TREND; POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0029663515     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.578     Document Type: Article

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