Trends in the Mexican infant mortality paradox over the past two decades

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 831-836

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b   Paczkowski, Magdalena M ^a   March, Dana ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Infant mortality; Mexican paradox; Population health trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICAN; MOTHER; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIGRANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908279771     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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