Neighborhood Poverty and American Indian Infant Death: Are The Effects Identifiable?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 552-559

  Johnson, Pamela Jo ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^a   Anderton, Douglas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Epidemiologic Research Design; Indians; Infant Mortality; North American

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MINNESOTA; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 44749087870     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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