Infant mortality among Arab-Americans: Findings from the Arab-American birth outcomes study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 732-745

  Finkton, Darryl W ^a   El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^b,c,d   Galea, Sandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; Epidemiology; Michigan; Neonatal mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ARABS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880700845     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1049-0     Document Type: Article

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