Social inequalities in perinatal and infant mortality in the northern region of Belgium (the Flanders)

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Devlieger, Hugo ^a   Martens, Guy ^b   Bekaert, Andries ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Perinatal mortality; Population study; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BELGIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 16844383071     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki104     Document Type: Article

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