Low birth weight in relation to parental occupations - A population-based registry in Singapore (1994-1998)

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-290

  Chia, S E ^a   Lee, J ^a   Chia, K S ^a   Chan, O Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Manpower   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Live births; Low birth weight; National registry; Parental occupation; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DETERMINATION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1542358183     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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