Are interpregnancy intervals between consecutive live births among black women associated with infant birth weight?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-112

  Blackmore Prince, Cheryl ^a,b   Iyasu, Solomon ^a   Kendrick, Juliette S ^a   Strauss, Lilo T ^a   Kugaraj, Krista A ^a   Gargiullo, Paul M ^a   Atrash, Hani K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Family Health Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Weight; Black Women; Epidemiology; Interpregnancy Interval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034548670     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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