Metropolitan residential segregation and very preterm birth among African American and Mexican-origin women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-45

  Britton, Marcus L ^a   Shin, Heeju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood poverty; Residential segregation; US; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES; VERY PRETERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

NEIGHBORHOOD POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; US; VERY PRETERM BIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890143734     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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