Social inequality in fetal and perinatal mortality in the Nordic countries

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 635-649

  Jørgensen, Tina ^a   Mortensen, Laust H ^a   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Nordic countries; perinatal mortality; social inequality

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; EDUCATION; EMBASE; FETUS MORTALITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 49849093312     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808089653     Document Type: Review

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