Do mother's education and foreign born status interact to influence birth outcomes? Clarifying the epidemiological paradox and the healthy migrant effect

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 402-409

  Auger, N ^a,b   Luo, Z C ^c   Platt, R W ^d   Daniel, M ^e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MOTHERS EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 42549096615     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.064535     Document Type: Article

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