Trends in US urban black infant mortality, by degree of residential segregation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 723-726

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029865667     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.723     Document Type: Article

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