Pregnancy outcome of Mexican-American women: The effect of generational residence in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-321

  Collins Jr , James W ^a   David, Richard J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational; Low birth weight; Mexican American; Nativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4344563007     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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