Income inequality, parental socioeconomic status, and birth outcomes in Japan

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1042-1052

  Fujiwara, Takeo ^a   Ito, Jun ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

income inequality; infant, small for gestational age; intrauterine growth retardation; Japan; preterm birth; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS;

INCOME INEQUALITY; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JAPAN; PRETERM BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

EID: 84877767589     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws355     Document Type: Article

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