Effects of socioeconomic and racial residential segregation on preterm birth: A cautionary tale of structural confounding

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-673

  Messer, Lynne C ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^b   Mason, Susan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors (epidemiology); Multilevel analysis; Premature birth; Residence characteristics; Social class; Social environment

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949385807     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp435     Document Type: Article

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