Socio-economic inequalities in low-birth weight, full-term babies from singleton pregnancies in Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Li, C Y ^a   Sung, F C ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Education; Inequalities; Marital status; Relative risk; Secular trend; Term low birth weight

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 39149108856     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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