Social and racial inequalities in preterm births in Western Australia, 1984 to 2006

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-362

  Langridge, Amanda T ^a   Nassar, Natasha ^a   Li, Jianghong ^b   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal population; Neighbourhood deprivation; Preterm delivery; Socio economic factors; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953216344     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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