Social Environments, Genetics, and Black-White Disparities in Infant Mortality

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 546-551

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a   Paczkowski, Magdalena ^a   Rutherford, Caroline G ^a   Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; infant mortality; race; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK BLACK COUPLE; BLACK PERSON; BLACK WHITE COUPLE; CAUCASIAN; COHABITING PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WHITE BLACK COUPLE; WHITE WHITE COUPLE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; MICHIGAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICHIGAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943250637     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12227     Document Type: Article

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