Racial residential segregation and racial disparities in stillbirth in the United States

Health and Place

Volumn 51, Issue , 2018, Pages 208-216

  Williams, Andrew D ^a   Wallace, Maeve ^b   Nobles, Carrie ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial disparities; Racial residential segregation; Stillbirth; Structural racism

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACISM; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RACISM; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HOUSING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046347967     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.04.005     Document Type: Article

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