Maternal Education, Birth Weight, and Infant Mortality in the United States

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 615-635

  Gage, Timothy B ^a   Fang, Fu ^a   O'Neill, Erin ^a   DiRienzo, Greg ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; CDDmlr; Infant mortality; Maternal education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875397573     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0148-2     Document Type: Article

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