Racial and ethnic differences in determinants of intrauterine growth retardation and other compromised birth outcomes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1977-1983

  Parker Frisbie, W ^a   Biegler, Monique ^a   De Turk, Peter ^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

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031470465     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.87.12.1977     Document Type: Article

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