Incomplete birth certificates: A risk marker for infant mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-81

  Gould, Jeffrey B ^a   Chavez, Gilberto ^b   Marks, Amy R ^a   Liu, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036460504     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.1.79     Document Type: Article

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