Socioeconomic status and birth weight: comparison of an area-based measure with the Registrar General's social class.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on August 01, 1999

Authors

N Spencer1, S Bambang, S Logan, L Gill

Author Affiliations

1: School of Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Warwick, Coventry.

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