Low birthweight in electoral wards: A useful health and social indicator at local level

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-87

  Wynn, Margaret ^a   Wynn, Arthur ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033655788     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600001400201     Document Type: Article

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