Community context, acculturation and low-birth-weight risk among Arab Americans: Evidence from the Arab-American birth-outcomes study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b   Galea, Sandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249085893     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.084491     Document Type: Article

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