Institutional racism, neighborhood factors, stress, and preterm birth

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 479-499

  Mendez, Dara D ^a   Hogan, Vijaya K ^b   Culhane, Jennifer F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparitiesredlining; Pregnancy; Preterm Birth; Racism; Redlining; Segregation

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREGNANCY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RACISM; TOBACCO;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903777782     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.846300     Document Type: Article

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