Educational Inequalities in Preterm and Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth Over Time

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-167

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Park, Alison L ^a,b   Harper, Sam ^d   Daniel, Mark ^c,e   Roncarolo, Federico ^d   Platt, Robert W ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias (Epidemiology); Education; Fetal Growth Retardation; Gestational Age; Growth Charts; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857439946     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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