Racial disparities in median age at death of persons with down syndrome - United States, 1968-1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 463-465

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

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