Harsh social conditions and perinatal survival: an age-period-cohort analysis of the World War II occupation of Norway.
Author(s) -
Allen J. Wilcox,
Rolv Skjærven,
LM Irgens
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.9.1463
Subject(s) - norwegian , demography , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , cohort , pregnancy , infant mortality , logistic regression , cohort study , population , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , sociology , biology , genetics
The hypothesis was tested that unfavorable social conditions are associated with poor perinatal survival through direct effects on pregnancy or, more indirectly, through effects on mothers born under such conditions. The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany was used as a period of social hardship.
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