One step back in understanding racial differences in birth weight

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 569-571

  Zuberi, Tukufu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RACE;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RACIAL STOCKS;

EID: 0035513489     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088320     Document Type: Article

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