Very low birth weight births in Georgia, 1994-2005: Trends and racial disparities

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 890-898

  Dunlop, Anne L ^a,b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^c   Freymann, Gordon R ^b,d   Smith, Colin K ^e   Brann, Alfred W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WHO Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Mortality rates; Racial differences; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEORGIA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 81855177329     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0590-y     Document Type: Review

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