From Paradox to Disparity: Trends in Neonatal Death in Very Low Birth Weight non-Hispanic Black and White Infants, 1989-2004

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Bruckner, Tim A ^a   Saxton, Katherine B ^b   Anderson, Elizabeth ^b   Goldman, Sidra ^b   Gould, Jeffrey B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 70249129343     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.038     Document Type: Article

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