Ethnic differences in the rates of low birth weight attributable to differences in early motherhood: A study from the third national health and nutrition examination survey

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-109

  Okosun, Ike S ^a   Halbach, Susan M ^b   Dent, M Marie ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034153201     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200328     Document Type: Article

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