Racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality among U.S. Latinos

Du Bois Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-231

  Henry Sanchez, Brenda L ^a   Geronimus, Arline T ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Infant Mortality; Latinos; Race ethnicity; Segmented Racialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891840785     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X13000064     Document Type: Article

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