Risk factors of preterm birth and low birth weight babies among Roma and non-Roma mothers: A population-based study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-485

  Balázs, Péter ^a   Rákóczi, Ildikó ^b   Grenczer, Andrea ^a   Foley, Kristie L ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878323199     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks089     Document Type: Article

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