Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth in Plymouth, UK

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Janghorbani, Mohsen ^a   Stenhouse, Elizabeth ^b   Millward, Ann ^b   Jones, Raymond B ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neighborhood deprivation; Pregnancy; Preterm; Risk factors; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645567822     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500363428     Document Type: Article

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