Racial and ethnic differences in preterm delivery among low-risk women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Whitehead, Nedra ^a   Helms, Kristen ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental population groups; Hispanic Americans; Preterm births

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW RISK PREGNANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIPARA; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RACE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049427758     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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