The effect of parental race on fetal and infant mortality in twin gestations

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1337-1343

  Tan, Hongzhuan ^a,b   Shi, Wu Wen ^a,b,c,e   Walker, Mark ^a,b   Demissie, Kitaw ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blacks; Fetal mortality; Infant mortality; Twin pregnancy; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844225807     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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