Black Preterm Birth Risk in Nonblack Neighborhoods: Effects of Hispanic, Asian, and Non-Hispanic White Ethnic Densities

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 631-638

  Mason, Susan M ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b,c   Daniels, Julie L ^a   Emch, Michael E ^b,d   Hogan, Vijaya K ^a   Savitz, David A ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence Interval; Preterm Birth; Risk Difference; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960023095     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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