Birthweight and perinatal mortality: Paradoxes, social class, and sibling dependencies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-632

  Melve, Kari Klungsøyr ^a   Skjaerven, Rolv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Epidemiology; Fetal death; Gestational age; Infant mortality; Sibling relations; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CLASS; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NORWAY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

NORWAY;

EID: 0041382983     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg163     Document Type: Article

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