Socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 748-754

  Martinson, Melissa L ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84961644793     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303007     Document Type: Article

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