Socioeconomic context and gastroschisis: Exploring associations at various geographic scales

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-633

  Root, Elisabeth D ^a   Meyer, Robert E ^b,c   Emch, Michael ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Gastroschisis; Neighborhood scales; Poverty factors; Socioeconomic; Spatial scale; USA

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; HOMOGENEITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79954426836     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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