Risks of small-for-gestational-age births in immigrants: A nationwide epidemiological study in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 634-640

  Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Migrants; risk factors; small for gestational age births; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869020444     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812458845     Document Type: Article

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