Race and ethnicity in research on infant mortality

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 224-227

  Anderson, Matthew R ^a   Moscou, Susan ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERIODICALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031896461     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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