Maternal socioeconomic characteristics and infant mortality from injuries in the Czech Republic 1989-92

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-198

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Koupilová, Ilona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Infant mortality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INJURY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034266987     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.3.195     Document Type: Article

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