Are very low birthweight births among American Indians and Alaska Natives underregistered?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1096-1101

  Heck, Katherine E ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a   Parker, Jennifer ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Direct adjustment; Infant mortality; Very low birthweight; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAL STATISTICS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033390551     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1096     Document Type: Article

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