Decline in the United States Black Preterm/Low Birth Weight Rate in the 1990s: Can the Economic Boom Explain It?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 862-867

  Schempf, Ashley H ^a   Decker, Sandra L ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Low birth weight; Preterm birth; Unemployment trends socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957664601     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.07.100     Document Type: Article

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