Generations of loss: Contemporary perspectives on black infant mortality

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 987-994

  Headley, Adrienne J ^a,b  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Black infant mortality; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042677638     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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