Racial and Ethnic Differences in Perinatal Mortality: The Role of Fetal Death

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-491

  Wingate, Martha Slay ^a   Alexander, Greg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Fetal; Infant and Perinatal Mortality; Low Birth Weight; Neonatal; Race; Racial Disparities; Vital Records and Statistics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FETUS DEATH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646543057     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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