Small-for-gestational-age births among black and white women: Temporal trends in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-579

  Ananth, Cande V ^a,b,d   Demissie, Kitaw ^b   Kramer, Michael S ^c   Vintzileos, Anthony M ^a  

^a SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBIRTH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEGRO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037799067     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.4.577     Document Type: Article

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