Latina Birth Outcomes in California: Not so Paradoxical

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1849-1860

  Sanchez Vaznaugh, Emma V ^a,b   Braveman, Paula A ^b   Egerter, Susan ^b   Marchi, Kristen S ^b   Heck, Katherine ^b   Curtis, Michael ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities in preterm birth; Latina paradox; Low birth weight; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962264166     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-1988-y     Document Type: Article

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