A population-based case-control study of stillbirth: The relationship of significant life events to the racial disparity for African Americans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 755-767

  Hogue, Carol J R ^a   Parker, Corette B ^a   Willinger, Marian ^a   Temple, Jeff R ^a   Bann, Carla M ^a   Silver, Robert M ^a   Dudley, Donald J ^a   Koch, Matthew A ^a   Coustan, Donald R ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^a   Reddy, Uma M ^a   Varner, Michael W ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Conway, Deborah ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; case control studies; continental population groups; life change events; psychosocial stress; socioeconomic factors; stillbirth; stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; RACE DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARITAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876208146     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws381     Document Type: Article

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