Maternal birthplace, ethnicity, and low birth weight in California

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1105-1112

  Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^a,b   Hessol, Nancy A ^a   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031790724     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.11.1105     Document Type: Article

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