Housing transitions and low birth weight among low-income women: Longitudinal study of the perinatal consequences of changing public housing policy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2255-2261

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Dunlop, Anne L ^b   Hogue, Carol R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POLICY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869159125     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300782     Document Type: Article

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