Social variation in size at birth and preterm delivery in the Czech Republic and Sweden, 1989-91

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-24

  Koupilová, Ilona ^a,b   Vågerö, Denny ^c   Leon, David A ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^d   Príkazský, Vladimír ^e   Holčík, Jan ^b   Bobák, Martin ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CZECH REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031871575     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1998.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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