Socio-economic status, smoking during pregnancy and birth outcomes: An analysis of cross-sectional community studies in Liverpool (1993-2001)

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-148

  Delpisheh, Ali ^a   Kelly, Yvonne ^b   Rizwan, Shaheen ^a   Brabin, Bernard J ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low birthweight; Pregnancy; Smoking; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746705727     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493506062553     Document Type: Article

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