Association between congenital anomalies and area-level deprivation among infants in neonatal intensive care units

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-231

  Bassil, Kate L ^a,b   Collier, Sarah ^a   Mirea, Lucia ^a   Yang, Junmin ^a   Seshia, Mary M K ^c   Shah, Prakesh S ^b   Lee, Shoo K ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

congenital anomaly; inequalities; infant; socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876016073     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1323584     Document Type: Article

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