Low birth weight and Latino ethnicity: Examining the epidemiologic paradox

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 665-674

  Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^a   Lurie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030873072     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170440027005     Document Type: Article

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