Place matters: Variation in the black/white very preterm birth rate across U.S. metropolitan areas, 2002-2004

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 576-585

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Hogue, Carol R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 56149120486     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300507     Document Type: Article

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