The neighborhood contribution to black-white perinatal disparities: An example from two North Carolina Counties, 1999-2001

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-752

  Schempf, Ashley H ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Messer, Lynne C ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

health status disparities; infant; low birth weight; minority health; multilevel analysis; premature birth; residence characteristics; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HYBRID; INDEX METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREGNANCY; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052668282     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr128     Document Type: Article

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