Racial residential segregation and low birth weight in Michigan's metropolitan areas

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1714-1720

  Debbink, Michelle Precourt ^a   Bader, Michael D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052015435     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300152     Document Type: Article

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