Racial and ethnic disparities in low birth weight delivery associated with maternal occupational characteristics

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Meyer, John D ^a,b   Warren, Nicholas ^a   Reisine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational characteristics; Pregnancy outcomes; Racial disparities in health; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOB DESCRIPTION; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749154070     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20706     Document Type: Article

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