Comparison of black-white disparities in preterm birth between Canada and the United States

CMAJ

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E19-E26

  McKinnon, Britt ^a,b   Yang, Seungmi ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^a   Bushnik, Tracey ^c   Sheppard, Amanda J ^d,e   Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; PREMATURE LABOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953327159     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150464     Document Type: Article

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