Poverty, education, race, and pregnancy outcome

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 322-329

  Savitz, David A ^a,b   Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b   Dole, Nancy ^a,b   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,b   Thorp Jr , John M ^b,c   Kaczor, Diane T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Premature infant; Small for gestational age infant; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; NORTH CAROLINA; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344705274     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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