Violent crime exposure classification and adverse birth outcomes: A geographically-defined cohort study

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Messer, Lynne C ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Dole, Nancy ^c   Herring, Amy ^b   Laraia, Barbara A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIOLENCE; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746060464     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-22     Document Type: Article

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