Preterm delivery and perinatal death among black and white infants in a Chicago-area perinatal registry

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 356-363

  Schieve, Laura A ^a,b   Handler, Arden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029810052     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00203-7     Document Type: Article

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