Trends in preterm birth and neonatal mortality among Blacks and Whites in the United States from 1989 to 1997

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-315

  Demissie, Kitaw ^a   Rhoads, George G ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^b   Alexander, Greg R ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^d   Kogan, Michael D ^e   Joseph, K S ^f  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Infant mortality; Infant premature; Labor induced; Racial stocks

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FERTILITY; INFANT MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035881197     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.4.307     Document Type: Article

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