The black-white disparity in pregnancy-related mortality from 5 conditions: Differences in prevalence and case-fatality rates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Tucker, Myra J ^a,b   Berg, Cynthia J ^a   Callaghan, William M ^a   Hsia, Jason ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846896207     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072975     Document Type: Article

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