Genetic and environmental contributions to racial disparities in preterm birth

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Dolan, Siobhan M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common complex disorder; Genetics; Genomics; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; RACISM;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 77949809425     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20169     Document Type: Article

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