Community Level Correlates of Low Birthweight Among African American, Hispanic and White Women in California

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2251-2260

  Herd, Denise ^a   Gruenewald, Paul ^b   Remer, Lillian ^b   Guendelman, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Prevention Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Alcohol; Community level indicators; Drugs; Hispanics; Low birthweight; Neighborhoods; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942364419     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1744-8     Document Type: Article

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