Socioeconomic position and the risk of preterm birth - A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1109-1120

  Morgen, Camilla Schmidt ^a   Bjørk, Christina ^a   Andersen, Per Kragh ^b   Mortensen, Laust Hvas ^a   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Premature labour; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

MOTHERS EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 53349145351     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn112     Document Type: Article

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