Ethnic differences in neonatal and postneonatal mortality

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Hessol, Nancy A ^a   Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Infant mortality; Neonatal; Postneonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16844365272     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0478     Document Type: Article

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