Socioeconomic Status Accounts for Rapidly Increasing Geographic Variation in the Incidence of Poor Fetal Growth

Socioeconomic Status Accounts for Rapidly Increasing Geographic Variation in the Incidence of Poor Fetal Growth

Fetal growth is an important risk factor for infant morbidity and mortality. In turn, socioeconomic status is a key predictor of fetal growth; however, other sociodemographic factors and environmental effects may also be important. This study modelled geographic variation in poor fetal growth after...

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Main Authors: Stephen R. Zubrick, Peter Jacoby, Stephen J. Ball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
poor fetal growth
socioeconomic status
conditional autoregression
spatial variation
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/7/2606

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