Civil unrest and birthweight: An exploratory analysis of the 2007/2008 Kenyan Crisis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1324-1330

  Bell, Suzanne ^a   Prata, Ndola ^b   Lahiff, Maureen ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Kenya; Kenyan Crisis; Maternal stress

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIVIL UNREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHERS; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84859434500     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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