Racial disparity in infant mortality

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 354-359

  Matoba, Nana ^a   Collins, James W ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Infant mortality; Preterm birth; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TREND STUDY; ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CRIME; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028456077     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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