Socioeconomic gradients in infant health across race and ethnicity

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-731

  Nepomnyaschy, Lenna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Infant health; Low birth weight; Race ethnicity; Small for gestational age; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350028323     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0490-1     Document Type: Article

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