Social determinants of birthweight, ponderal index and gestational age in Sweden in the 1920s and the 1980s

D Vågerö, I Koupilová, DA Leon, UB Lithell - Acta Paediatrica, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This study compared the effect of social class and marital status on birth outcomes in
Sweden, using (i) data on all births at the Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala from 1920 to …

Social variation in size at birth and preterm delivery in the Czech Republic and Sweden, 1989–91

Koupilová, Vågerö, Leon, Pikhart… - Paediatric and …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
All livebirths resulting from singleton pregnancies reported to the Czech (n= 380 633) and
Swedish (n= 351 775) birth registries in 1989–91 were studied with respect to social …

Socio‐economic Variables and Pregnancy Outcome Birthweight in Singletons

A Ericson, M Eriksson, B Källén… - Acta Pædiatrica, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Ericson, A., Eriksson, M., Källén, B. and Zetterström, R.(The National Board of
Health and Social Welfare, Department of Paediatrics, St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, and …

Pregnancy outcome and social indicators in Sweden

A ERICSON, M ERIKSSON, P WESTERHOLM… - Acta …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Perinatal mortality, birth weight, the distribution of gestational age, and the relationship
between gestational age and birth weight have been studied with regard to births reported to …

Ecological and individual predictors of birthweight in a northern Finland birth cohort 1986

MR Järvelin, P Elliott, I Kleinschmidt… - Paediatric and …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
This multilevel study of spatial variability in, and determinants of, birthweight was conducted
using individual and ecological data in a geographically defined prospective birth cohort for …

Birth weights in three Norwegian cities, 1860–1984. Secular trends and influencing factors

M Rosenberg - Annals of Human Biology, 1988 - Taylor & Francis
Data from birth records from three maternity hospitals in Norway have been used to study
the trend in birth weight in this country from 1860–1984. The investigation is based on a …

Secular trends in the effect of socio-economic factors on birth weight and infant survival in Sweden

A Ericson, M Eriksson, B Källén… - … journal of social …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Time trends in the effect of socio-economic factors on low birth weight, stillbirth, perinatal
deaths and deaths up to the age of one were studied using a medical birth registry linked to …

Effects on birthweights of maternal education, socio-economic status, and work-related characteristics

ML Nordström, S Cnattingius - Scandinavian journal of social …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
Birthweights of 3,451 infants of women registered for antenatal care in Uppsala County,
Sweden, were analyzed using three different maternal socio-economic indicators; …

The relation of weight, length and ponderal index at birth to body mass index and overweight among 18-year-old males in Sweden

F Rasmussen, M Johansson - European journal of epidemiology, 1998 - Springer
The intrauterine environment seems to be important for the occurrence of cardiovascular
and other chronic diseases in adulthood. The aim of the present study is to analyze the …

Height, weight and menarche in Swedish urban school children in relation to socio-economic and regional factors

G Lindgren - Annals of human biology, 1976 - Taylor & Francis
Summary During the period 1964–1973, a defined sample of 740 Swedish urban school
children (360 girls and 380 boys) from 40 different urban areas all over the country were …