Sociodemographic determinants of low birthweight in Greece: A population study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-77

  Lekea Karanika, Vasso ^a,b,c   Tzoumaka Bakoula, Chryssa ^a,b   Matsaniotis, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; GREECE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032920057     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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