The changing face of race: Risk factors for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1618-1625

  Beal, Anne C ^a,c   Chou, Shu Chiung ^a   Palmer, R Heather ^a   Testa, Marcia A ^a   Newman, Christine ^b   Ezhuthachan, Sudhakar ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Multiracial; Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Race; Racial identification; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646851882     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1203     Document Type: Article

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