Spatial variations in the associations of birth weight with socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral factors in Georgia, USA

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-344

  Tu, Jun ^a   Tu, Wei ^b   Tedders, Stuart H ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral factors; Birth weight; Geographically weighted regression; Georgia; Socioeconomic characteristics; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855983004     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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