Segregation and preterm birth: The effects of neighborhood racial composition in North Carolina

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Mason, Susan M ^a   Messer, Lynne C ^b   Laraia, Barbara A ^c   Mendola, Pauline ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Preterm birth; Racial density; Residential segregation

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTURITION; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949088305     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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