Demographic and socioeconomic determinants of low birth weight and preterm births among natives and immigrants in greece: An analysis using nationwide vital registration micro-data

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-283

  Tsimbos, Cleon ^a   Verropoulou, Georgia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960999683     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000726     Document Type: Article

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