Why African-American Women Are at Greater Risk for Pregnancy-Related Death

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-185

  Harper, Margaret ^a   Dugan, Elizabeth ^a   Espeland, Mark ^a   Martinez Borges, Anibal ^a   McQuellon, Cynthia ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy Related Morbidity; Pregnancy Related Mortality; Racial Disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 33847073738     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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