The association between community context and mortality among Mexican-American infants

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 722-731

  Jenny, Alisa M ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a   Parker, Jennifer D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Context; Cultural Influence; Infant Mortality; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035463640     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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