Determinants of high birth weight by geographic region in Canada

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Dubois, Lise ^a   Girard, Manon ^a   Tatone Tokuda, Fabiola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Canada; Demographic factors; Geographical determinants; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRESCRIPTION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 39449088205     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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