Compromised Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Racial and Ethnic Groups

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 469-481

  Frisbie, W Parker ^a   Forbes, Douglas ^b   Pullum, Starling G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030280918     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061781     Document Type: Article

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