Influence of nativity on neonatal survival of black twins in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 276-282

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Mardenbrough Gumbs, Wanda S ^a   Aliyu, Muktar H ^a   Sedjro, Jeanine E ^a   Pierre Louis, Bosny J ^b   Kirby, Russell S ^a   Alexander, Greg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Mortality; Nativity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644372027     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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