Mother's educational level and fetal growth: The genesis of health inequalities

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1250-1261

  Silva, Lindsay M ^a   Jansen, Pauline W ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Arends, Lidia R ^a,b   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Fetal; Growth; Intrauterine; Pregnancy; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MOTHERS EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE LENGTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78149259132     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq069     Document Type: Article

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