Joint effects of structural racism and income inequality on small-for-gestational-age birth

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1681-1688

  Wallace, Maeve E ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Liu, Danping ^a   Grantz, Katherine L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; RACISM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937598128     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302613     Document Type: Article

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