Improved birth weight for black infants: Outcomes of a healthy start program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Kothari, Catherine L ^a   Zielinski, Ruth ^b   James, Arthur ^c   Charoth, Remitha M ^b   Del Carmen Sweezy, Luz ^d  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Healthy Babies Healthy Start   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPENSITY SCORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893491066     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301359     Document Type: Article

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