Intergenerational birth weights among the direct female descendants of US-born and Mexican-born Mexican-American women in Illinois: An exploratory study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-171

  Collins Jr , James W ^a,c   David, Richard J ^b   Mendivil, Nathalie A ^a   Wu, Shou Yien ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational; Low birth weight; Mexican American; Nativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 33744977887     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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