Socio-economic disparities in preterm birth: Causal pathways and mechanisms

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 104-123

  Kramer, Michael S ^a,d   Goulet, Lise ^b   Lydon, John ^a   Séguin, Louise ^b   McNamara, Helen ^a   Dassa, Clément ^b   Platt, Robert W ^a   Chen, Moy Fong ^d   Gauthier, Henriette ^a   Genest Jr , Jacques ^a   Kahn, Susan ^a   Libman, Michael ^a   Rozen, Rima ^a   Masse, André ^b   Miner, Louise ^a   Asselin, Guylaine ^b   Benjamin, Alice ^a   Klein, Julia ^d   Koren, Gideon ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 12944279825     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2001.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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