A multilevel non-hierarchical study of birth weight and socioeconomic status

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Young, Robin L ^a   Weinberg, Janice ^a   Vieira, Verónica ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 77954340296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-36     Document Type: Article

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