Racial residential segregation and preterm birth: Built environment as a mediator

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-405

  Anthopolos, Rebecca ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Messer, Lynne C ^c   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898040982     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000079     Document Type: Article

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