Social patterns of birth weight in Hong Kong, 1984-1997

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1135-1141

  Cheung, Y B ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal growth; Hong Kong; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MOTHERS EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; EDUCATION; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRATION; MONITORING; MOTHER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 0035154844     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00228-8     Document Type: Article

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