Perinatal outcomes among Mexcican Americans: A review of an epidemiological paradox

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 480-487

  de la Rosa, Iván A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Birth weight; Mexican Americans; Perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036708609     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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