Testing the epidemiologic paradox of low birth weight in Latinos

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-153

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032931815     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.2.147     Document Type: Article

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