Spatial social polarization and birth outcomes: preterm birth and infant mortality – New York City, 2010–14

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 157-166

  Huynh, M ^a   Spasojevic, J ^a   Li, W ^a   Maduro, G ^a   Van Wye, G ^a   Waterman, P D ^b   Krieger, N ^b  

^a Bureau of Vital Statistics   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ICE; index of the concentration of the extremes; infant mortality; neighborhood poverty; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEW YORK; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042067469     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494817701566     Document Type: Article

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