Relationship of education to the racial gap in neonatal and postneonatal mortality

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 787-792

  Din Dzietham, Rebecca ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030876868     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170450037005     Document Type: Article

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