Trends in differences in US mortality rates between black and white infants

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 911-913

  Riddell, Corinne A ^a   Harper, Sam ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MORTALITY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029005855     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1365     Document Type: Letter

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