Preterm birth and social inequality: Assessing the effects of material and psychosocial disadvantage in a UK birth cohort

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 766-775

  Snelgrove, John W ^a   Murphy, Kellie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Millennium Cohort Study; Preterm birth; social class; social determinants of health; social support; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNION FLUID; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84930413673     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12648     Document Type: Article

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