Social inequality and infant health in the UK: Systematic review and meta-analyses

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Weightman, Alison Lesley ^a   Morgan, Helen E ^a   Shepherd, Michael A ^b   Kitcher, Hilary ^a   Roberts, Chris ^c   Dunstan, Frank D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Freelance Public Health Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^c WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD HEALTH; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 84863679670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000964     Document Type: Review

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