Predictors of differential birth outcomes among Hispanic subgroups in the United States: The role of maternal risk characteristics and medical care

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 407-433

  Albrecht, Stan L ^a   Clarke, Leslie L ^b   Miller, Michael K ^b   Farmer, Frank L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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