Neighborhood poverty, allostatic load, and birth outcomes in African American and white women: Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-266

  Wallace, Maeve ^a   Harville, Emily ^a   Theall, Katherine ^a   Webber, Larry ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Berenson, Gerald ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Birth outcomes; Pregnancy; Race; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIOMARKER; BIRTH RATE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RACE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BOGALUSA; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ALLOSTATIC LOAD; BIRTH OUTCOMES; PREGNANCY; RACE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLOSTASIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886815916     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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