Area-level risk factors for adverse birth outcomes: Trends in urban and rural settings

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kent, Shia T ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Zaitchik, Ben F ^b   Gohlke, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Low birth weight; Premature birth; Rural health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878717967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-129     Document Type: Article

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