Social class inequalities in perinatal outcomes: Scotland 1980-2000

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Fairley, Lesley ^a   Leyland, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; RELATIVE INDEX OF INEQUALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29744467673     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.038380     Document Type: Article

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