Rates of preterm delivery among black women and white women in the United States over two decades: An age-period-cohort analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 657-665

  Ananth, Cande V ^a,d   Misra, Dawn P ^b   Demissie, Kitaw ^a   Smulian, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Blacks; Cohort effect; Infant, premature; Time factors; Whites

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035479048     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.7.657     Document Type: Article

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