Worry about racial discrimination: A missing piece of the puzzle of Black-White disparities in preterm birth?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Braveman, Paula ^a   Heck, Katherine ^a   Egerter, Susan ^a   Dominguez, Tyan Parker ^b   Rinki, Christine ^c   Marchi, Kristen S ^a   Curtis, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DHS Maternal and Child Health Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLACK PERSON; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031278576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186151     Document Type: Article

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