Early Preterm Birth Across Generations Among Whites and African-Americans: A Population-Based Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2061-2067

  Dorner, Rebecca A ^a   Rankin, Kristin M ^b   Collins, James W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme prematurity; Preterm birth; Race; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ILLINOIS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85023200283     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-017-2311-2     Document Type: Article

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