Racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal mortality: Applying the perinatal periods of risk model to identify areas for intervention

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1128-1132

  Besculides, Melanie ^b,c   Laraque, Fabienne ^a  

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

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fetal death mortality; Infant death mortality; Infant mortality and reduction; Perinatal periods of risk; Racial disparities and birth outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 23244461098     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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