Preterm delivery and low birth weight among first-born infants of black and white college graduates

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 266-276

  Mcgrady, Gene A ^a   Sung, John F C ^a   Rowley, Diane L ^b   Hogue, Carol J R ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Education; Infant, low birth weight; Infant, premature; Labor, premature; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BLACKS; CAUCASOID RACE; DECISION TREES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; NEGROID RACE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACIAL STOCKS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WHITES;

EID: 0026687150     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116492     Document Type: Article

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