Residential segregation and birth weight among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-442

  Walton, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77449132400     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650905000404     Document Type: Article

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