High birthweights among infants of North African immigrants in Belgium

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 808-811

  Buekens, Pierre ^a   Masuy Stroobant, Godelieve ^b   Delvaux, Thérèse ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; NORTH AFRICA; OCCUPATION; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031843001     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.5.808     Document Type: Article

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