Association Between Life Event Stressors and Low Birth Weight in African American and White Populations: Findings from the 2007 and 2010 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Surveys

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2195-2205

  Zhao, Yuan ^a,b   Kershaw, Trace ^a   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a   Higgins, Chandra ^b   Lu, Michael C ^c   Chao, Shin M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial stress; Life event stressor; Low birth weight; Multilevel analysis; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOS ANGELES; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942368779     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1734-x     Document Type: Article

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