Pediatric paradox: Heterogeneity in the birth cohort

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-342

  Gage, Timothy B ^a,b   Bauer, Michael J ^a   Heffner, Nathan ^a   Stratton, Howard ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Infant mortality; Pediatric paradox; Racial disparities; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644350181     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0045     Document Type: Article

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