Enigma of maternal race and infant birth weight: A population-based study of US-born Black and Caribbean-born Black women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1080-1085

  Pallotto, Eugenia K ^a   Collins Jr , James W ^a,c   David, Richard J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Infant; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034210159     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010151     Document Type: Article

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