Racial and ethnic variations in temporal changes in fetal deaths and first day infant deaths

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1135-1142

  Wingate, Martha S ^a   Barfield, Wanda D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; First day death; Gestational age; Perinatal mortality; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81255184339     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0665-9     Document Type: Article

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