Infant mortality trends and differences between American Indian/Alaska Native infants and white infants in the United States, 1989-1991 and 1998-2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2222-2227

  Tomashek, Kay M ^a,c   Qin, Cheng ^a   Hsia, Jason ^a   Iyasu, Solomon ^b   Barfield, Wanda D ^a   Flowers, Lisa M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Center for Drug Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ACCIDENTS; ALASKA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845253124     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053744     Document Type: Article

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