Area deprivation, individual factors and low birth weight in England: Is there evidence of an "area effect"?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1053-1059

  Dibben, Chris ^a   Sigala, Maria ^b   Macfarlane, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845234028     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042853     Document Type: Article

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