Apparent disappearance of the black-white infant mortality gap -- Dane county, Wisconsin, 1990-2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 561-565

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ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 66149146276     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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