Why race is differentially classified on U.S. Birth and infant death certificates: An examination of two hypotheses

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-111

  Hahn, Robert A ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Classification; Death certificates; Ethnicity; Infants; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0032912889     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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