Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in risk of sudden infant death syndrome, other causes of infant mortality, and stillbirth in Scotland: Population based study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7850, 2012, Pages 21-

  Wood, Angela M ^a   Pasupathy, Dharmintra ^b   Pell, Jill P ^c   Fleming, Michael ^d   Smith, Gordon C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859167891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1552     Document Type: Article

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