Injury related infant death: The impact of race and birth weight

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-140

  Jain, Anjali ^a   Khoshnood, B ^b   Lee, K S ^b   Concato, J ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Homicides; Infant fatalities; Race

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RACE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035379837     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.2.135     Document Type: Article

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