Comment on "compromised birth outcomes and infant mortality among racial and ethnic groups"

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-517

  Van Der Veen, Willem Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032201158     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004019     Document Type: Article

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