Higher mortality rate among infants of US-born mothers compared to foreign-born mothers in New York City

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-289

  Liu, Kai Lih ^a   Laraque, Fabienne ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Causes of death; Country of birth; Infant mortality; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745370704     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9333-3     Document Type: Article

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