The relationship between maternal characteristics, birth weight and pre-term delivery: Evidence from Germany at the end of the 20th century

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-280

  Voigt, Manfred ^a   Heineck, Guido ^b   Hesse, Volker ^c  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Berlin Working Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Germany; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 7944228090     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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