Income-related and educational inequality in small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in Denmark and Finland 1987—2003

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-45

  Mortensen, Laust H ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen T ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^c   Kaplan, George A ^d   Gissler, Mika ^e   Andersen, Anne Marie N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

birth weight; Cohort study; Denmark; education; Finland; income; preterm birth; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTHERS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76249100637     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809353820     Document Type: Article

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