Perceived Physical and Social Residential Environment and Preterm Delivery in African-American Women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 485-493

  Sealy Jefferson, Shawnita ^a   Giurgescu, Carmen ^b   Helmkamp, Laura ^a   Misra, Dawn P ^a   Osypuk, Theresa L ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; neighborhood; perceptions; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WALKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MICHIGAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941658382     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv106     Document Type: Article

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