Open AccessNeighborhood Disadvantage, Preconception Stressful Life Events, and Infant Birth Weight
Author(s) -
Whitney P. Witt,
Hyojun Park,
Lauren E. Wisk,
Erika R. Cheng,
Kara Mandell,
Debanjana Chatterjee,
Dakota Zarak
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.302566
Subject(s) - demography , disadvantaged , medicine , birth weight , low birth weight , disadvantage , longitudinal study , confidence interval , confounding , gerontology , pregnancy , pathology , sociology , biology , political science , law , genetics
We sought to determine whether the effects of preconception stressful life events (PSLEs) on birth weight differed by neighborhood disadvantage.