The joint influence of area income, income inequality, and immigrant density on adverse birth outcomes: A population-based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Giraud, Julie ^d   Daniel, Mark ^b,c,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Bordeaux School of Public Health   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL CLASS; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; POPULATION DENSITY; PREMATURITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149116102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-237     Document Type: Article

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