Differences in neonatal mortality among whites and Asian American subgroups: Evidence from California

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Baker, Laurence C ^a,b   Afendulis, Christopher C ^a,b   Chandra, Amitabh ^b,c   McConville, Shannon ^a   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^a,d   Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846006202     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.69     Document Type: Article

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