Predictors of infant mortality among college-educated black and white women, Davidson County, Tennessee, 1990-1994

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 477-483

  Scott Wright, Alicia O ^a   Wrona, Ronald Matthew ^b   Flanagan, Tiffany Monique ^b  

^a Health Resources Services Administration   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

College educated mothers; Infant mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0032134282     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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