Maternal education and excessive gestational weight gain in New York City, 1999-2001: The effect of race/ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-145

  Huynh, Mary ^a   Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Chambers, Earle C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Neighborhood socioeconomic conditions; Pregnancy; Race ethnicity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892589463     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1246-5     Document Type: Article

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