Race disparities in low birth weight in the U.S. south and the rest of the nation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 684-691

  Nepomnyaschy, Lenna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Low birth weight; Race ethnicity; Regional variation; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BODY MASS; LATINO PEOPLE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

DEEP SOUTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75849130607     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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