Low birth weight across generations: The effect of economic environment

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-445

  Collins, James W ^a   Rankin, Kristin M ^b   David, Richard J ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Division of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic environment; Infant low birth weight; Maternal low birth weight; Prematurity; Preterm birth; Racial disparity; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT EFFECT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051663973     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0603-x     Document Type: Article

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