Geographical variation in infant mortality, stillbirth and low birth weight in Northern Ireland, 1992-2002

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1159-1165

  Pattenden, Sam ^a   Casson, Karen ^b   Cook, Sally ^b   Dolk, Helen ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CENSUS; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855992482     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.098566     Document Type: Article

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