Early origins of the gradient: The relationship between socioeconomics status and infant mortality in the United States

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 675-699

  Finch, Brian Karl ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142817077     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1515203     Document Type: Article

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