Decrease in infant mortality in New York City after 1989

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 816-820

  Kalter, Henry D ^a,c   Na, Yingjian ^a,b   O'Campo, Patricia ^c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Sakura Bank   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0344835895     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.5.816     Document Type: Article

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