Social influences on birth weight

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 326-327

  Spencer, N ^a   Logan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036235211     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.5.326     Document Type: Short Survey

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