The relation of age to low birth weight rates among foreign-born black mothers: A population-based exploratory study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-417

  Deal, Stephanie B ^a   Bennett, Amanda C ^b   Rankin, Kristin M ^b   Collins, James W ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Foreign Born; Low Birth Weight Infant; Maternal Age; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MOTHER; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PARITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; WEATHERING; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908656144     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: 19450826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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