Evaluation of low birthweight in African Americans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 663-667

  Ruijter, Irene ^a   Miller Jr , Joseph M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Low birthweight; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033255872     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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