Small area variation in low birthweight: Looking beyond socioeconomic predictors

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-61

  Crosse, Evelyn A ^a   Alder, Robert J ^a,b   Østbye, Truls ^a   Campbell, M Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Education and Research Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0030997285     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403861     Document Type: Article

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