Inequalities in low birth weight: parental social class, area deprivation, and "lone mother" status.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on June 01, 1999

Authors

S Pattenden1, H Dolk, M Vrijheid

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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