Possible factors illuminating increased disparities in neonatal mortality in Wisconsin from 1991-2005

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Tuan, Wen Jan ^a,d   Hatfield, Peggy ^b   Bhattacharya, Abhik ^c   Sarto, Gloria E ^b   Kling, Pamela J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UW Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34249986851     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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