Recent immigration and adverse pregnancy outcomes in an urban setting in Spain

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-569

  Garcia Subirats, Irene ^a,b   Pérez, Glória ^a,b,c   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^c   Salvador, Joaquín ^e   Jané, Mireia ^d  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d General Directorate of Public Health   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Immigration; Inequalities; Low birth weight; Maternal age; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051697964     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0614-7     Document Type: Article

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