Explaining educational inequalities in birthweight: The Generation R Study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-228

  Jansen, Pauline W ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Maternal education; Maternal lifestyle; Socio economic status; The Generation R Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63449108803     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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