Metropolitan isolation segregation and Black-White disparities in very preterm birth: A test of mediating pathways and variance explained

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2108-2116

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Cooper, Hannah L ^a   Drews Botsch, Carolyn D ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Hogue, Carol R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Preterm birth; Racial disparity; Residential segregation; Social determinants; USA

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BLACK POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BAYES THEOREM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649448604     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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