Mortality among Infants of Black as Compared with White College-Educated Parents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 23, 1992, Pages 1522-1526

  Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a   Hogue, Carol J r ^b   Kleinman, Joel C ^a   Rowley, Diane ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PARENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0026735973     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199206043262303     Document Type: Article

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