Bibbulung Gnarneep ('solid kid'): Causal pathways to poor birth outcomes in an urban Aboriginal birth cohort

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-346

  Eades, Sandra ^a   Read, Anne W ^b   Stanley, Fiona J ^b   Eades, Francine N ^c   McCaullay, Daniel ^b   Williamson, Anna ^a  

^a SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Infant; Low birth weight; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 43549086691     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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