The effect of using 'race of child' instead of 'race of mother' on the black-white gap in infant mortality due to birth defects

Public Health Reports

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-267

  Petrini, Joann ^a,b,d   Damus, Karla ^a,c   Roy, Sinaly ^d   Johnson, Kay ^d,f   Johnston Jr , Richard B ^a,d,e  

^a National Office   (United States)

^b Perinatal Data Center

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031779992     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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