The use of missing birth record data as a marker for adverse reproductive outcomes: A geocoded analysis of birth record data

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1078-1088

  Headley, Adrienne J ^a   Fulcomer, Mark C ^b,c   Bastardi, Matthew M ^f   Im, Wansoo ^e   Sass, Marcia M ^d   Chung, Katherine ^g  

^a JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e Vertices LLC   (United States)

^f Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse reproductive outcomes; Birth certificates; Geocoding; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; GEOCODING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW JERSEY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746753337     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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