Challenges in measuring changes in health and social indicators over time

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-268

  Platt, Robert W ^a,c   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; NOTE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREND STUDY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149134517     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081760     Document Type: Note

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