Ethnic differences in birth weight by gestational age: At least a partial explanation for the Hispanic epidemiologic paradox?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1058-1062

  Chung, Judith H ^a,b   Boscardin, W John ^c   Garite, Thomas J ^b   Lagrew, David C ^b,d   Porto, Manuel ^b  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Memorial Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Ethnicity; Latino epidemiologic paradox

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0242677607     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00848-2     Document Type: Article

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