Social trends in singleton births and birth weight in Wirral residents, 1990-2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Bundred, P ^a   Manning, D ^b   Brewster, B ^b   Buchan, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0041760844     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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