Exploring Educational Disparities in Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Comparative Study of 12 European Birth Cohorts

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 172-183

  Poulsen, Gry ^a   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^a   Mortensen, Laust ^a   Barros, Henrique ^d   Cordier, Sylvaine ^e   Correia, Sofia ^d   Danileviciute, Asta ^f   van Eijsden, Manon ^g   Fernández Somoano, Ana ^l,o   Gehring, Ulrike ⁱ   Grazuleviciene, Regina ^f   Hafkamp de Groen, Esther ^j   Henriksen, Tine Brink ^b   Jensen, Morten Søndergaard ^b   Larrañaga, Isabel ^m,n   Magnus, Per ^q,r   Pickett, Kate ^t   Raat, Hein ^j   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^u   Rouget, Florence ^e,w   Rusconi, Franca ^v   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^q,s   Uphoff, Eleonora P ^t   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^h   Wijga, Alet H ^k   Vrijheid, Martine ^o,p   Osler, Merete ^c   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^g DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^m Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

ⁿ BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^o CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^q NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^t UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^w RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

cross cohort collaboration; educational inequalities; European pregnancy birth cohort; Health inequalities; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85007165411     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12185     Document Type: Article

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