Impact of Income on Small Area Low Birth Weight Incidence Using Multiscale Models

Low birth weight (LBW) is an important public health issue in the US as well as worldwide. The two main causes of LBW are premature birth and fetal growth restriction. Socio-economic status, as measured by family income has been correlated with LBW incidence at both the individual and population lev...

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Published in:AIMS public health, Vol. 2, No. 4 (2015), p. 667-680
Main Author: Aregay, Mehreteab (Author)
Other Involved Persons: Lawson, Andrew B ; Faes, Christel ; Kirby, Russell S ; Carroll, Rachel ; Watjou, Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
ISSN:2327-8994
Item Description:Date Revised 13.11.2018
published: Print-Electronic
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Copyright: From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Subjects:
Journal Article
Bayesian multiscale model
Low birth weight (LBW)
independent multiscale model
predictive accuracy
scaling effect
shared multiscale model
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