Differing birth weight among infants of U.S.-born blacks, African-born blacks, and U.S.-born whites

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1209-1214

  David, Richard J ^a,b,e   Collins Jr , James W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0030667982     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710233371706     Document Type: Article

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