Improving birth outcomes requires closing the racial gap

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Christopher, Gail C ^a   Simpson, Patrick ^a  

^a W K KELLOGG FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893495722     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301817     Document Type: Review

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