Commentary: Race and preterm birth-the case for epigenetic inquiry

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-299

  Burris, Heather H ^a   Collins Jr , James W ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic processes; Ethnicity; Infant mortality; Minority health; Preterm birth; Race

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EPIGENETICS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INFANT MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049438498     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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