The roles of socioeconomic status and aboriginality in birth outcomes at an urban hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 495-498

  Titmuss, Angela T ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^b   Comino, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a Alice Spring Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 56749130920     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02143.x     Document Type: Article

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