How racial and ethnic groupings may mask disparities: The importance of separating Pacific Islanders from Asians in prenatal care data

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Sarnquist, Clea C ^a   Grieb, Erin Moix ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian women; Islander women; Pacific; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956268773     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0494-x     Document Type: Article

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