Racial differences in genetic and environmental risk to preterm birth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  York, Timothy P ^a,b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^b   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Eaves, Lindon J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; RACE; SIBLING; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SIBLINGS; TWINS;

EID: 77957880654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012391     Document Type: Article

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