Suburban migration and the birth outcome of Chicago-born White and African-American women: The merit of the healthy migrant theory?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1559-1566

  Collins, James W ^a   Rankin, Kristin M ^b   Janowiak, Christine M ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy immigrant hypothesis; Low birth weight; Migration; Preterm birth; Race; Reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889020722     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1154-0     Document Type: Article

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