Perinatal periods of risk analysis of infant mortality in Jackson County, Missouri

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Cai, Jinwen ^a   Hoff, Gerald L ^a,b,c   Archer, Rex ^c,d   Jones, Larry D ^e   Livingston, Paula S ^f   Guillory, V James ^g,h  

^a Office of Epidemiology and Community Health Monitoring   (United States)

^b American College of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c Kansas City Health Department   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^e Independence City Health Department   (United States)

^f Jackson County Health Department   (United States)

^g Department of Preventive Medicine ^*

^h KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal and infant mortality; Infant mortality rate; Perinatal periods of risk

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MISSOURI; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34247201655     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000267685.31153.a6     Document Type: Article

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