Are there differences in birth weight between neighbourhoods in a Nordic welfare state?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sellström, Eva ^a   Arnoldsson, Göran ^b   Bremberg, Sven ^c,d   Hjern, Anders ^e,f  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; GESTATION PERIOD; GOTEBORG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALMO; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; STOCKHOLM; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 36649031231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-267     Document Type: Article

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