The relationship between mean birth weight and poverty using the Towsend deprivation score and the Super Profile classification system

Public Health

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 308-314

  Aveyard, P ^a,b   Manaseki, S ^a,b   Chambers, J ^a  

^a Birmingham Health Authority ^*  (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Inequalities in health; Measures of deprivation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR SYSTEM; POSTAL MAIL; POVERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIRMINGHAM; ENGLAND (WEST MIDLANDS); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036856350     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900872     Document Type: Article

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