Health disparities and women's reproductive health

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Armstrong, Alicia ^a   Maddox, Yvonne T ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Health disparities; Infant mortality; Leiomyoma; Leiomyomata uteri; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); Women's reproductive health

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UTERUS MYOMA; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMETRIUM; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447526541     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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