Neighborhood disadvantage, preconception stressful life events, and infant birth weight

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1044-1052

  Witt, Whitney P ^a   Park, Hyojun ^b   Wisk, Lauren E ^c   Cheng, Erika R ^d   Mandell, Kara ^b   Chatterjee, Debanjana ^b   Zarak, Dakota ^e  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84926684484     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302566     Document Type: Article

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