Too low or too high? On birthweight differentials of immigrants in Germany

Comparative Population Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-22

  Milewski, Nadja ^a   Peters, Frederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Germany; Immigrant children; Infant macrosomia; Migrant health; SOEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897064493     PISSN: 18698980     EISSN: 18698999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12765/cpos-2014-02     Document Type: Article

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