The unique impact of abolition of Jim Crow Laws on reducing inequities in infant death rates and implications for choice of comparison groups in analyzing societal determinants of health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2234-2244

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Coull, Brent ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACISM; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRENDS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CIVIL RIGHTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RACISM; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887285306     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301350     Document Type: Article

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