Neighborhood risk factors for low birthweight in Baltimore: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1113-1118

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a,c   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Wang, Mei Cheng ^a   Brien Caughy, Margaret O ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b City University New York   (United States)

^c Department of Matemal and Child Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAID; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030794577     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.7.1113     Document Type: Article

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