Anthropometric and health-related behavioral factors in the explanation of social inequalities in low birth weight in children with prenatal alcohol exposure

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 849-865

  Pfinder, Manuela ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Low birth weight; Maternal height; Pregnancy; Smoking; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHILD HEALTH; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

GERMANY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892142604     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110100849     Document Type: Article

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