Contributors to excess infant mortality in the U.S. South

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-227

  Hirai, Ashley H ^a   Sappenfield, William M ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^a   Barfield, Wanda D ^c   Goodman, David A ^c   Ghandour, Reem M ^a   Lu, Michael C ^a  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84893838674     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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