The effect of racial residential segregation on black infant mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1247-1254

  Hearst, Mary O ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^a   Johnson, Pamela Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Infant mortality; Prejudice; Residence characteristics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFANT MORTALITY; RACE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149091741     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn291     Document Type: Article

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