Racial and ethnic differences in preterm birth: A complex, multifactorial problem

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 511-518

  Manuck, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal outcomes; Perinatal epidemiology; Preterm birth; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE;

BIRTH RATE; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MICROBIOME; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TELOMERE LENGTH; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029580172     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2017.08.010     Document Type: Review

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