Urban violence and African-American pregnancy outcome: An ecologic study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 184-190

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

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Low Birth Weight; Small for Gestational Age; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031216686     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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