The influence of maternal childhood and adulthood social class on the health of the infant

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1023-1033

  Gisselmann, Marit Dahlén ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant health; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Maternal social class; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; NEONATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVEY;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745221875     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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