A comparative study of educational inequality in the risk of stillbirth in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden 1981-2000

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Rom, Ane L ^a   Mortensen, Laust H ^a,b   Cnattingius, Sven ^c   Arntzen, Annett ^d   Gissler, Mika ^e,f   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Vestfold University   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN;

DENMARK; FINLAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857168481     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.101188     Document Type: Article

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