Racial disparities in outcomes of military and civilian births in California

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1062-1067

  Barfield, Wanda D ^a,f   Wise, Paul H ^a,g   Rust, Frank P ^b   Rust, Kam J ^c   Gould, Jeffrey B ^d   Gortmaker, Steven L ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara College of Law   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029798185     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350064011     Document Type: Article

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