The role of social determinants in explaining racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal outcomes

Pediatric Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 141-147

  Lorch, Scott A ^a,b   Enlow, Elizabeth ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; EPIGENETICS; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; INFANT; NEWBORN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956908833     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.199     Document Type: Review

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