Unmasking adverse birth outcomes among Hispanic subgroups

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-217

  Tumiel, Laurene M ^a,b   Buck, Germaine M ^a   Zayas, Luis E ^a   Jaén, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Hispanic; Low Birthweight; Preterm Delivery; Vital Statistics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CUBA; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEXICO; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTRAL AMERICA; CUBA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MEXICO; NEW YORK; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031609158     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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