Infants of immigrant parents in Italy: A national multicentre case control study

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 155-159

  Bona, G ^a,d   Zaffaroni, M ^a   Cataldo, F ^b   Sandri, F ^c   Salvioli, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Infant newborn; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035459499     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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