Racial and ethnic variation in low birthweight in the United States: Individual and contextual determinants

Health and Place

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-207

  Gorman, Bridget K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Ethnicity; Low birthweight; Race

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MODEL; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032830773     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(99)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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